Xunantunich Mayan Temple and Cave Tubing

On Saturday, we went on a trip to the Guatemalan/Belizean border to see the Xunantunich Mayan temple and go cave tubing.

Our tour guide tarantula hunting for us 

Grant holding the spider! 

Mac crying on the inside 

spider in my hands! :o

After our tour around the Mayan temple, we took a 1 hour drive to go to the caves we could float through. Right before we got to the river area, we stopped and got some Belizean home made food...mmmm :)

Ferry across the river 

Our tour guide, Roberto

When we got to the bottom of the river, we had to leave everything in the car so I didn't get to take any pictures :( But it was so beautiful! We took a 45 minute walk up the trail at the other end of the river. The water was so clear from all the minerals dripping down from the caves...we ended up floating through 3 completely pitch black caves and a couple of mini rapids and it was so cool! It took us about an hour to float back down to the bottom of the trail. Then from there we had about an hour and a half drive back to the airport to catch the plane back to the island! It was a VERY long but fun day!

Off to Belize!

Thursday morning....at 2:30am....I left with the Kuhns and our friend Grant to catch our flight to Bleize! Yep, it's already time for another trip for me ;)

When we landed in Belize City, we had to catch a mini plane to the island we are staying on, Ambergris Caye. That was the first time I've been on such a tiny plane, so we were a little nervous! Haha!

The half dirt, half cement landing strip! :o

downtown San Pedro 

reception desk at our resort 

they left a surprise for McKenzie's birthday waiting for her in the refrigerator! 

After we got all of our things settled, we went for a ride around town in the golf carts to see what the island was like

 everyone drives golf carts around the island 

police/fire station 

We stopped for drink at the bar on the water at the end of the town. They have inner tubes to float down and they lower your drinks in a bucket down to you while you float on the water.

Someone stinks at taking pictures... 

the view from our front porch 

Later, we walked down the beach to a restaurant on the water and had some dinner. First Belizean meal was a success!