December 27, 2013

We checked out of Cahal Pech Village Resort this morning and headed towards Corozal. 

  The trip should have taken about 4 hours, but we got distracted along the way!  We stopped about 12 miles out of San Ignacio at a Hotel/Restaurant/Gift Shop – did some shopping and then chose to eat there before we pressed on.  We met some really nice believers there who have just moved to San Ignacio one month ago and exchanged contact information with them.  Great, interesting, insightful conversation.  Longer than expected…we left there after about 2 ½ hours and headed to Belmopan, the country’s capital, which is really not a lot more than a residential area for diplomats and government employees.  It’s the closest thing to an American “neighborhood” that I’ve seen.  We spotted the US Embassy again, and drove around a little more before heading up the Northern Highway to Corozal.  We, again had hoped to arrive before nightfall and rain, however, that didn’t happen and to make matters worse it began raining.  The windshield wipers on this truck are not the best.  I had to help Glenn navigate the shoulder of the road, the pedestrian ramps, the speed bumps (which are mostly marked, but sometimes not, because someone told us the shape and size of them make great bases to cook tortillas on….so….), the folks on bicycles, the pedestrians, cows, horses and dogs.  We did finally arrive about an hour after dark, ate at the hotel (we called ahead so they had a hot meal waiting for us!)  We settled in to our corner room overlooking the pool and the Corozal Bay and called it an early night about 9 p.m.