Hiii!!! Sorry for lack of blog posts since arriving in Belize. It is so wonderful here that have been out & about all day every day & haven't touched my phone in days. Now about to catch y'all up on the last few days as I sit outside my shack in the jungle. Missing you all xxx

Last night we arrived in the jungle just outside San Ignacio. We arrived at night & it was pitch black. Thank goodness for my head torch :) We are staying in wooden cabins just big enough for two beds. Thanks to our fab Tour Leader, Victor, have managed to rig our mosquito nets to beat the nasty critters. Today my roomie, Emma & I, took a trip to the ATM cave (Sorry folks can't remember the full Mayan name but everyone calls it ATM). We hiked through th...

Like this pelican have spent the day chilling on the Caribbean sea :). Think a spot of shopping is required later...it might not be the King's Road but will try & make do ;)

Yaaaaay have finally arrived on the Caribbean. Sadly also have a cold!! Didn't realise it was possible to have one in the hot! Photo is of my gecko buddy who has sat with me as I catch up on emails! Am doing better with all day bus journeys...good prep for the old, rickety chicken buses in Guatemala. My Spanish seems to have slipped back a little as everyone keeps answering me in English! Right...time to hit la playa!!!

Errrrr all my photos of today's trip to Uxmal & Kabah are on my camera so am attaching photo of Palenque. I know entirely different ruins....but one photo of a temple is better than none. Btw the photo is of the Temple of the Inscriptions where Pakal's tomb & amaaaazing jade mask was discovered. Soooo today...more ruins but they just keep getting better. Top fact for the day... the later period Maya loved a big phallus in the middle of a ceremonial plaza...