3rd & 4th Days in Belize & Guatemala

We went to pick up Patty & Erinn the following morning and together we couldn't really decide where to go & what to see... so we decided to show them the best that area had to offer... Rio On. We did our bone rattling ride once more to the wonderful pools and hang out there for a bit with couple of cold ones in the water with us. Once we got our fill of Rio On we backtracked to Five Sisters - another lodge by Five Sisters' Waterfalls. It would be a great place to stay if you were to go solely to Rio On and Caracol... but driving back to San Ignacio from that place would be nuts (which is what we had to do in order to meet up with the girls).

We headed back to Black Rock for the family style dinner and played cards afterwards with Giovanni.

The following morning we woke up early and went for a hike to Vacca Falls (approximately 5 mile round trip). We were supposed to meet the girls by ten to head out to Tikal. We were ready but unfortunately the girls were not so we spend the next hour plus waiting around until finally at 11:30 we were finally able to leave on yet another adventure.

We were not quite sure what to expect on the border we have heard many stories and some good and others not so much. Luckily we didn't encouter any major issues - only the long wait... maybe one and half hour to get through the whole thing. Over all... not bad at all.

The roads in Guatemala were quite comperable with the ones in Belize. First section mostly dirt road with pigs running across and random times and the second - paved but filled with unexpected pot holes that were not fun at all while hit at full speed.

It took us about two hours to reach the Tikal National Park border and once there drive was very smooth. We were quite entertained by the crossing sings - snake, puma, turkey, cow, deer, coatimundi... and may others.. almost funny what all they can come up with. How do those animals know that they can cross only in these areas? Beats me!