Hummingbird Highway

I switched the AC to fan mode only around 2 am to conserve battery which cut out around 6am.

Tambron drink

We headed out toward Placencia to check it out.  It is at the end of a long sandbar and there are vacation homes and small resorts built on both sides of the sandbar. We walked around and bought some groceries and some tacos for breakfast.

We then headed toward San Ignacio via the Hummingbird Highway. We had initially planned on crossing at Santa Cruz near by but there is no border control office to stamp our passports or process our temporary vehicle importation permit. So we had to go back north and cross from the only official western Belize-Guatemala border at Melchor de Mencos. Fortunately, Belize is a small enough country that distances are not that far. The Hummingbird Highway I suppose was named by the tourism board. 

The highway passes through mountains and karsts and we stopped at the blue hole swimming hole and St Hermans cave. Only Christine was brave enough to dip in the water.

Leaf cutter ants

ant hill

The cave was dark and deep and the kids did not want to enter and neither did I. A photo from the entrance was good enough. On the way out we passed three people with helmets and inner tubes going in for a float. 

We ran into more travellers: a German group in their converted sprinter van heading south, and an Australia family on a month long holiday in North and Central America.

We camped at Clarissa Falls resort because it was near the border for $16 usd. It rained and we stayed in for the rest of the night. We have been battling mosquitoes and no-see-ums and humidity and heat. Fortunately the long drive today charged the batteries to more than half. Tomorrow we will enter Guatemala.

Dd got to talk to his friend Andrew on messenger.  They had spoken to Michael last week when we were in Playa del Carmen.