We arrive at the border with trusty notebook full of valueable information.Our confusion of what to do was evident to the border-banditos and not knowing the procedure it was hard to tell who was legit. Anyway, they got us...but now we know what to look for. Then the official Belizean border procedure for the dog took a turn and we ended up paying extra for her. It is a poor country and everyone has a hand out. The hard part is judging whose palms are you going to grease and get something in return or who is just out there taking you for the money. Anyway, we arrive in Corazol and search for good places to stay. Ironically, one of the border guards gave us a name of a hotel and we actually ended up staying there for 3 nights.
The Hok Ol 'Kin was clean (see the trend here?) and accepted the the dog. We became friendly with the owner, Aaron. Our room looked out over the bay and the balcony a perfect spot for fullmoon gazing. (Aaron told me a great story about his Uncle who has a farm in Orangewalk. The farmer is trying to find someone to take away a pesky boa constrictor that is very large and may be eatting his cows!)The downside would be the "topes" right below our window and the traffic noise. And the house being demolished next door...
We stay there for 2 nights and on to the next place, Corazol Bay Inn which is where we are right now.
This is a nice place with cabanas right on the beach. We get the breezes right into the room and have a table and chairs, fridge, huge shower, hot water! We have mosquito netting over the beds but they haven't been a problem yet. We stay here until tomorrow and head out for Smugglers Den where we will spend the rest of our stay. It looks so cool, we've visited it and the cabanas come with a kitchen and the setting is lush green plants and trees right on the water.
More to come.
Kathleen
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