{"id":3456,"date":"2019-12-24T18:11:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-25T02:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.levinger.net\/josh\/?p=3456"},"modified":"2020-09-30T13:21:00","modified_gmt":"2020-09-30T20:21:00","slug":"san-ignacio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.levinger.net\/josh\/2019\/12\/24\/san-ignacio","title":{"rendered":"San Ignacio"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Spent a few days in the mountains to check out the caves, temples, and wildlife.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Stayed at Maya Mountain Lodge<\/a>, where I’m pretty sure we were last time<\/a>. Decided not to do the ATM cave<\/a> again but did find another entrance to Xibalba at Barton Creek. Our guides were great, one was a professional canoe paddler and retired jockey, and the other had an encyclopedic knowledge of Naruto. The entrance was a little easier than ATM since it didn’t require swimming, but I chose to jump in anyways. Once inside, the cave opens up to some massive chambers with huge stalactites, broken pots from sacrifices, and a natural bridge with carved steps. It ends in a very narrow section, for which I was glad we had helmets. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\n\"Barton<\/a>\n<\/div>
Canoeing in Barton Creek Cave<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Do it for the gram!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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\n\"Big<\/a>\n<\/div>
Big Rock Falls<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Bead and Coral Snake
Red Touch Yellow<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

We also toured Xunantunich which is incredibly impressive, if a little more crowded than some of the more remote temples. Staying nearby we were able to get there early, which was a plus. The frieze is a plaster covering over the original to protect it, but still very impressive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Xunantunich Frieze<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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\n\"Iguana<\/a>\n<\/div>
Chill Iguana<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

On our way back to the city we stopped at the Belize Zoo<\/a>, called the “best little zoo in the world.” The animals are well taken care of, and some appear to just roam the grounds freely. It’s definitely worth a stop if you’re in the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\n\"Red-crowned<\/a>\n<\/div>
Red-crowned Parrot<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Resting Jaguar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Playful Coatimundi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Spider Monkey<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Spent a few days in the mountains to check out the caves, temples, and wildlife.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3457,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[135],"tags":[16],"class_list":["post-3456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-belize-it","tag-belize"],"geo":{"latitude":17.1527596,"longitude":-89.0761719,"description":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.levinger.net\/josh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3456","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.levinger.net\/josh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.levinger.net\/josh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.levinger.net\/josh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.levinger.net\/josh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3456"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.levinger.net\/josh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3456\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3482,"href":"https:\/\/www.levinger.net\/josh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3456\/revisions\/3482"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.levinger.net\/josh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3457"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.levinger.net\/josh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.levinger.net\/josh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.levinger.net\/josh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}