It's really hot down here

June 14, 2009
We thought we knew hot in San Pedro, but it's a different kind of hot in southern Belize. It's so much more humid and, I guess, the fact that we work hard every day renovating makes it even hotter.
We have had a chance to see some things though. We went to Lubaantun and the Rio Blanco Falls last Sunday. Really nice ruin. We've been at most of the northern ruins and worked by Lamanai so we know what to expect. But, Lubaantun is such a nice setting and I like that it's not so reconstructed. It seems more real and you can get a feel of what it was like once upon a time.
We also got to visit two of the other lodges. First we went to Sun Creek. The cabanas are nice and it has a good feel, but we came away very satisfied with our property.
Same when we went to Cotton Tree Lodge. That's a much more pricy place than Tranquility Lodge, but so much harder to get to and I think the proximity to nature might be a problem for many guests there. All the cabanas are thatched and when the rainy season gets started the river floods the property so you have to stay on the boardwalks that connect the rooms to the dining room. Again, so satisfied with our place. Jealous of their money and marketing capabilities but not of the place itself.
I think our next tour will be to go out to Laguna and walk the boardwalk out to the Aguacaliente Wildlife Preserve. We were out in the village this week and hadn't realized how accessible the boardwalk is. So, now we know and off we go.
Bird of the week is the golden hooded tanager who has its nest in the travellers palm behind the lodge. Such a pretty little bird and a new one for the lodge list.
We had drive-in guests this weekend, too. Nice family from Tennessee - for us the perfect kind of guests. I wish we could keep the lodge full of families like them all the time.
Off to bed for me so I can get up and work on my tiling project tomorrow. Night...