Today we were all off to go cave exploring & tubing through the connecting river system.
Something that the region is famous for.
By 9am we were all on board the bus & driving the 1 hour journey to the national park where the caves are located.
Once there we put on our newly bought wet activity shoes, swimmers & were fitted with life jackets, helmets & a tube.
Before we could get into the water we had a 45 minute hike through the surrounding rain forrest & caves to the river, where we launch our tubes.
The walk was a bit awkward carrying the tubes, but it was really picturesque with gorgeous deep green plants & trees. The caves we walked through were also very visually pleasing with a white colour & in some areas they seem to glimmer.
We woke up a few tiny little bats that flapped away & into a deeper & darker sleeping nook, scaring some of the girls.
Finally, it was time to put our tubes in the water & start floating down the river & through the caves. We floated for nearly 3 hours, with a stop in the middle of one of the bigger caves, where we could get out & walk to another swimming hole.
Sadly, we don't know as much about caves as we would like to. They are such fascinating, natural & unique structures. Doing more cave explorations is definitely something that will be in our future.
The only bad thing about today is that right at the end when we were getting out of the tubes, Tom dropped the go pro, which got swept up in a current & washed away down river.
It had a few days worth of footage, yet to be put on the laptop, as well as all the footage from today.
Obviously it's just a material item, but not having it will be a disadvantage & loosing the footage is a real shame. Thankfully I copied over the snorkelling footage from Caye Caulker & the manatee ! Insurance should cover it & we will hopefully be able to replace it in Thailand. Because of this reason, a lot of the photos that have been used in the blogs, were donated to us by some of the amazing people on the tour. A special shout out needs to go out to Barbie who could always be trusted to have a go pro in her hand & has been so gracious about sharing her footage.
In true Belizean style, after the tubing we had a really nice lunch, which was followed by rum punch!
The bus ride back home was full of laughter, singing, drinking & a disco light which carried put us in the mood to continue on into the night as we celebrated our last night in Belize.
- Alli
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