Belize

We were only in Belize a few days, but would have loved to stay longer. It is a beautiful, lush country filled with such friendly people. The first day we were there, we went in search of a National Park called Five Blues Lake. The only thing we had on it was a Lonely Planet write up. Unfortunately, it seems that right after they listed it in the book, the park pretty much closed. We drove on some pretty run down, overgrown backroads to get there only to have to turn around to find some place else to stay for the night...

We ended up at Ian Anderson´s adventure park on the Humingbird Hwy for the night instead. We were pretty tempted by the cabana´s and treehouses they had on their property, but opted for another night in the van to save $$. They light their jungle property up with Tiki torches every night...

Without very much information on the town, we set our sights on a place called Placencia. It was the description as ¨The Caye you can drive to¨ that got us. It was well worth the drive of 25km on rough dirt. We found the most peaceful campsite run by a couple from Oregon and loved the small town at the end of the road. This place definitely felt like a honeymoon spot.

Placencia has been listed in the world record´s as having the world´s smallest main street. It was built before the road came down into town. And everything pretty much still centers around this street, that is just a couple feet wide...

On our way back from Placencia we stopped at Blue Hole National Park for a few swims in the natural swimming hole there. The crystal clear water flows out from an underwater cave.

From here we pretty much drove to and stayed just south of the border crossing back into Mexico. We weren´t quite ready to leave and would love to come back to Belize someday...with some more money! With gas over $5 per gallon it was a hit on our tight budget!