Trifter

Resting deep within the Mayan mountains of Belize, are some of the most beautiful and unexplored cave systems of the world. Belize is a spelunker’s paradise as I experienced first hand. I began my own quest to find some of these amazing caves I had heard so much about, as I planned my trip to this small but beautiful country.

The first place I stopped on my quest was a little town called San Ignacio which rests close to the Guatemalan border and along the gringo trail, as travelers call the route that crosses through the center of Belize, and into the Petan jungles of Guatemala.

It’s a town that will forever remind me of the Wild West as I walked its dusty streets in search of a place to rest my head. Old colonial buildings lined its cracked concrete streets and backpackers from all corners of the globe sat on hotel balconies smoking cigarettes and resting from their adventures. The towns had one of those anything can happen here vibes that you only find in third world countries! As I walked the streets I was greeted by several hustlers all trying to get me to stay at their hotel and most of them I tried to ignore, but one of them caught my attention because he had a strange feeling about him for a Hustler. When I met him, he gave me his pitch about the Hotel Jaguar and how great it was, I felt like I could trust him. He introduced himself to me as David, and he convinced me to stay at the cheapest place in town. He called it the Hotel Jaguar and a cheap place it was I can tell you! It had about ten rooms but only one bathroom for all the guests and was one of the scariest I had seen on my journeys into Central America, Well, with the exception to the bathrooms at the Belize City bus station of course.

Once I was settled into my room which had a hole in the wall, which allowed me to view all the activities of my neighbours both intimate and mundane, I made my way across the street to a place called Eva’s restraunt. I was once again greeted by David who asked me what my purpose was in Belize. Was I just anther gringo on his way through San Ignacio to Guatemala? I told him about my interest in caves and he lit right up and explained to me that he knew of a secret cave, one where very view people go and that he would take me there for a small price the following day. I agreed!