Brooks and I decided that we needed to get off of the farm so we left early Saturday morning and headed to San Ignacio in the Cayo District. We usually head to the caribbean but wanted to explore more of western Belize. We reached San Ignacio within a couple hours after leaving Rancho Dolores and were just in time to catch the Saturday morning market in its prime. Compared to the dirty, sometimes sketchy market in the heart of Belize City, this market was clean, vibrant, with actually good sounds and smells.
On the way we found a nice resort to stop and eat lunch at. The name of it was Ka'ana and it is located just west of San Ignacio Town. We stayed at Chaa Creek which was actually the same resort that we stayed at last year during our fisr trip to Belize. Chaa Creek is very nice, luxurious resort in the mountains outside of San Ignacio. Fortunately it has a great River Camp that you can stay at that is considerably cheaper than the big palapas. There are lots of things to do there but we normally opt to sit by the pool all day. We did that and ate some great meals. We also used toilets that flushed, faucets that had great water pressure and flowed of hot water. Wow. Chaa Creek is by far our favorite and we can't wait to go back.
Anyways, on Sunday we went exploring on the Pine Ridge Road, ate lunch at one of Frank Ford Coppola's resorts, Blancaneaux and then stumbled upon a great area of swimming holes called Rio On Pools. We were back at home in the jungle by sunset on Sunday night feeling fresh and focused for the new work week ahead...
