I left Caye Caulker the next day with Trenton and Irene and took a ferry across to Belize City on the mainland. Belize City is a pretty rough place, and there´s nothing to do there anyway, so we left immediately. Trenton is a joint owner of some land in the jungle about 30 miles south of Belmopan (the capital). They are planning on turning it into a hostel or lodge of sorts (Hummingbird Haven), but it´s still under construction. The hurricane that hit around Thanksgiving knocked down a bunch of their trees and set back construction for a few weeks. The only people living out there are a guy named Michael and a Belizian named Jaime. We made it out there around noon, and spent the day wandering around the creek in back and playing with machetes. It was a relaxing and fun way to spend a day.
We ended up not going into the jungle...we weren´t really experienced enough to deal with the snakes and jaguars (seriously...the jaguar had made a couple attempts at the guard dog recently) without a guide, so we contented ourselves with looking at it across the creek. The stars were awesome at night, and we spent a good bit of time playing around with long exposure pictures and my headlamp.
We left the next day for Cayó in western Belize. Michael ended up driving us out there since he was headed there to do some work for a friend.
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