For our first ruin of the second half of the trip we made our way to Tikal, Guatamala... the 'New York' of the Mayan world. While seriously large (they took 4hrs to walk around) they weren't as impressive as Copan or Chichen Itza as they weren't totally uncovered.
After crossing the border into Belize (woohoo finally english again) we got settled into our second Eco hotel in San Ignacio. With a composting toilet block and outdoor showers I'm sure you can imagine how impressed I was! San Ignacio was not what I expected Belize to be like... it was cold and wet! Where is the beach! We headed into town for dinner and ate the biggest burritos in the world (the length of my forearm) and then Em and I watched Sweet Home Alabama in bed.
AUSTRALIA DAY! After having fryjacks and vegemite for breakfast we headed off to the Belizean ruins of Xuantunich stopping on the way for supplies for our picnic. After walking for 2kms (uphill) we finally arrived and wow... these were real ruins. They were completely uncovered and so beautiful and intricate.
We strolled around for about an hour then set up shop for lunch ontop of one of the temples. We sat there for a few hours soaking in the sights and the sum before heading back to reality. I Skyped Brian for his birthday and Abbey made a guest appearance. We had a bonfire for Australia Day and sat around singing Aussie classics. Big day tomorrow... Caye Caulker.
- K x
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