Day 80, Sep, 20, 2013, 176km
Made it to San Ignasio and had a bit of a down poor on the way there so we did not go see Cahal Pech as planned but maybe tomorrow that is if we can't cross the border to Guatemala because of it being the Belize Independence Day.
The nice part about Belize is that it has everything in English including all the signage. This is great for me with my very limited Spanish, and I find the people are super friendly here. The bus driver said he lived in many places and did come back, because Belize is The Land of the Free and the easy life style was the way to go even if the roads were crappy and all, I can see a lot in what he means by the way people are acting and he has a valid point. Walking the streets here you see a huge mix of different people including a large group of Mennonites that are respected for there agricultural knowledge and there word being there bond, everyone seems to be very content, at least as far as I could see on the surface.
Tonight is party time in San Ignasio, so more to follow.
Had a great time last night with Wei, Cathy and her friend, as we watched the fireworks for Belize Independence Day.
In Belize I have fond the main roads to be fairly good in general, it's the secondary and towns roads that are in bad shape. The other thing that you have to watch out for is the way they like to drive on these roads, just be more aware that those cars standing along the shoulder, either on the left or right of you will for no reason just go ahead and they will cut you off by getting on the road right in front of you. They also like to pass in the dead-mans curves, just like in Mexico they do this too but with some more constraint as to where they do it, but in Belize it don't matter.
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