February 4, 2013: Belize City

Today, we went to Belize City. I was surprised how poor this country is. There are about 312,000 people on this island, with 90,000 of them living in Belize City. The Blue Hole is actually about 50 miles east of Belize City. According to the map, it was about two small islands east of Belize City.

We took a 2.5 hr ride west to the Mayan ruins, Xunantunich, near the Guatemala border. We walked up to the top of one of the ruins. There were no guard rails and the steps were big and rocky. Mom didn't think she would make it up there. Once you got to the top, there was about 4 feet in front of you and then you would fall over the edge. It was pretty scary. In the U.S. you wouldn't have tourists walking around sites without guard rails, as that would be open to lawsuits. I am surprised they allowed it here.

We had a nice lunch with some guys playing Marimba music. They served us chicken, fried plantains, and this delicious potato salad that had some kind of coconut oil in it. It tasted wonderful.

When we got back to our room, Wendy stopped by our room. She looked out our port hole and saw a tender boat with my name on it.  I had to take a picture.  That was awesome to have a boat with my name on it.  

We didn't have dinner with the family as we got back on the boat so late. We decided to have pizza at Sorrentos and then a milk shake at Johnny Rockets.