note: gps is off

today, i woke up early in tikal…and drove to belize (per YOUR votes). Belize is the first country i haven’t had to pay to enter…what a relief! plus it’s nice to hear some english. i did leave my guatemalan immigration papers with jose, an official at the border….so hopefully he doesn’t lose them.
next, i found a guide to take me to barton creek. it’s about a 7 miles drive through pretty rough terrain. so rough, that one of the rubber straps holding the exhaust pipe broke, and my exhaust pipe now has another leak. oh well.
barton creek is pretty awesome. because we didn’t want to test my sentra too much…we didn’t cross the final stream, instead walking the finall 500m to an awesome cave. you rent a canoe for $15 US, then paddle down the cave ~1 mile. it’s really tranquil, beautiful cool water…and a great experience. plus the guide, sandro (who used to be a postman here…and knows everyone), introduced me to green (unripe) mango — it’s actually surprisingly good…kinda sour, a slight mango taste, but texture like an apple.