A few days ago I came to an odd realization. Throughout this entire process of learning about this vacation, committing to going on it, and planning the things we want to do on the trip, every conversation Adam and I have had has been over instant messenger. I love AIM, and have been an avid user since before I was in college even, but it just seemed odd that we hadn't talked on the phone at all for any of the planning stage so far. So, we got on the phone last night, with my intention being to try and put a little structure into our plans. For instance, I had no idea if we were going to try to go somewhere or see something the day we arrived in Belize. After talking with Adam for a bit, I found out that once our plane arrives (2:46pm local time), we have about an hour ride to where we're staying first, which is called The Trek Stop:
http://www.thetrekstop.com/
The Trek Stop is located in the middle of a 22-acre tropical jungle nature preserve called the Tropical Wings Nature Center. There are hiking trails that appear to be available all times of the day. I have a feeling we'll be hitting up some of those the day we get there. There's a Mayan temple in the Preserve which sounds like it would be cool to visit too. You can also rent mountain bikes there, which I think would be fun, especially since I've really gotten into biking over the last year or so (though that's all been on paved roads, I'm up to try some jungle terrain :) ).
The two things that we are still definitely doing while at Trek Stop are taking a guides tours of the Tikal Ruins, and separately, the Actun Tunichil Muknal caving expedition. That will leave us with one full day left at Trek Stop with no plans. The Trek Stop website mentions they are very close to a set of Mayan Ruins called Xunantunich. I found a website with a number of pictures of the place, and it looks like it would be amazing to check it out.
http://mayaruins.com/xunantunich.html
September 11th is the day we leave Trek Stop, and head for our second destination of the trip, the Belizian Shores Resort:
http://www.belizeanshores.com/
This is where the majority of the open-endedness (which doesn't appear to be a real word according to Firefox spell-check) is going to occur. I definitely want to go cave-tubing, and we both want to do some snorkeling (and scuba if the certification process isn't bad). Other than that, I know we'll be spending time on the beach drinking Belikin (the local beer of the area).
So, in a nutshell, that appears to be a loose idea of the things we are trying to do while in Belize. Will we get to everything we are intending??? Who knows. Will it be ridiculously fun with the things we do get to do??? Abso-frakin-lutely!!!
Until next time,
Ryan
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I had to share this with you. I was cleaning out some of my bookmarks this afternoon and I had this hotel bookmarked in Belize called Hidden Valley Inn . We looked into going there last year, but decided to go to Playa del Carmen instead. Let me know if you come across it in your travels.
Do you get a discount there if you bring a certain number of lids from ranch dressing bottles??? ;) The location doesn't sound familiar, but I'll let you know. If we don't come across the place, I hope at the very least we see a waterfall as amazing as the one on the front page of their website!!!
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