The Apex was too big to bring us all the way to the port in Belize, so we had to take a tender (AKA dinghy) to shore.

We arrived in Belize and headed to our excursion tour bus.

Driving through Belize City

Our tour guide, Peter, told us that Belize City held 2/3 of the nation’s wealth, which was sad because, to us, it seemed like most of the city was living in poverty.

Our excursion destination was the Chukka Eco-Adventure Outpost near the Jaguar Paw Caves, but…

“Main thoroughfares blocked” was an understatement. We sat in stand-still traffic for at least 2 hours. Gracias, First Lady of Mexico.

First stop at Jaguar Paw: zip lining through the jungle. Aaaahhhh!

I made it through the “chicken run” (1st, easy, zipline) without crying and I wasn’t scared at all until right after I jumped off the platform…… when the guy yelled, “oh no, wait, come back!” 🤨 Jungle humor.

Afterwards, we went tubing through the caves, but, unfortunately, I didn’t bring my phone because I was worried about damaging it in the water. It was amazing, though. We saw beautiful rock formations, including one that looked like an Eagle.

After our tubing adventure, we hit the last attraction at Jaguar Paw - Jungle buggy! Needless to say, I was just a passenger on this ride.

We told the tour guy, Alfredo, not to be offended, but we wanted to take this picture “for our family.” That didn’t clear anything up for him, but, confused as he was, he was nice enough to take it anyway. This one’s for you, Family!

We learned some creole along the way. Maddah. Faddah. Nice ting…

On our way back to the tender, Peter told us this road was supposedly in the Guiness Book of World Records because it was the only main roadway to be built through an existing cemetery. They did remove some tombstones, but kept as many as possible. The ones in the picture above are actually in the highway median.

Next stop…Cozumel….