we arrived in belize city, put our bikes together at the airport, and rode straight to the pier to get a boat to the island of caye caulker where we spent 3 days.
unfortunately for us we arrived during a cold front so it rained every day. still a relief from nyc.
don't worry, the weather was a good excuse to enjoy cheap rum in the room's tip cup. also, phil has been eating cookies dipped in peanut butter at every meal.we caught this amazing movie called slither ... highly recommended.
we did our/my first real ride to san ignacio which will be our jump off point for day trips to a bunch of ruins (phil will cover obvs). the first 50 miles were fun- nice weather, flat roads, pretty good pace. we stopped and had lunch in belmopan and were feeling great about having only 22 miles to go. of course as soon as we started off again it started raining and for the last 2 hours of the ride it was either drizzling heavily or pouring. and it got hilly. and i realized i hadn't bonded with my bike enough before i left so was not happy with the gears.
it was well worth it though. san ignacio is great, we found a cheap place with a hot shower(!), and my bike works now.
belize: the land of the one buck burrito and empanada breakfast...
we did our/my first real ride to san ignacio which will be our jump off point for day trips to a bunch of ruins (phil will cover obvs). the first 50 miles were fun- nice weather, flat roads, pretty good pace. we stopped and had lunch in belmopan and were feeling great about having only 22 miles to go. of course as soon as we started off again it started raining and for the last 2 hours of the ride it was either drizzling heavily or pouring. and it got hilly. and i realized i hadn't bonded with my bike enough before i left so was not happy with the gears.it was well worth it though. san ignacio is great, we found a cheap place with a hot shower(!), and my bike works now.belize: the land of the one buck burrito and empanada breakfast...