Day 2 in Belize and another incredible adventure

Day 8
After yesterdays amazing ATM adventure, we decided on a drive to '5 Sisters Lodge' for the day. We had been told this is a great place to stay, but looking at the cost per night, it was WAY out of our league. So lunch there sounded like a good compromise.

GPS doesn't cover anything off the main road in Belize so we were on our own with this one. The local petrol station was sold out of maps (but Brian noticed that it had ice for sale). I had seen a sign the day before pointing out of town to the lodge, we had to take a gamble and follow that. Our tourist map had a tourist spot "Rio Frio Pools" marked off an inland minor road and that seemed a likely place to head.

We turned off the main road and did find a couple of small

signs pointing us to the Lodge.

Next stop at the Garcia 5 Sisters shop. Here we met the mother of the 5 sisters, who is now 75 and partially blind. We had a lovely chat with her, in limited english, and who is still looking after the shop on her own. The 5 sisters are married with families and living around the district. They are selling flint carvings and have a small museum of local artifacts.

Off we go again, the road now unpaved and heading into less occupied territory. Brian was enjoying this off-roading.

Still lots of 'sleeping policemen' on these country roads.

    



Glad we got those new tyres.

 We were wondering, but yes, we were going in the right direstion



And finally after 2 hours, we arrive at another oasis. Incredible.

We were met at the reception by the manager and shown around the public facilities - the restaurant and gift shop, and then shown the way to the falls and river pools.

Down the 280 steps we could see the falls, pools and the river, and a shady pergola

Are those chairs just for us?
Where is everyone?





So after a 2hour swim, rest, bird-watching in the middle of the Belize jungle, we stopped at the restaurant for lunch which included a most delcious fresh mango liquado.

The only people we met at 5 Sisters,  were the receptionist, the manager and the restaurant waiter/cook. It was personal attention and all provided just for the 2 of us and the local wildlife!

And so....we left at the end of the afternoon, Brian enjoying the off-roading back to San Ignacio. Thank goodness we got new tyres!