{"id":15042,"date":"2016-03-15T15:54:04","date_gmt":"2016-03-15T20:54:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chinonthetank.com\/?p=15042"},"modified":"2016-03-15T16:59:22","modified_gmt":"2016-03-15T21:59:22","slug":"you-best-fuckin-belize-it-day-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chinonthetank.com\/2016\/03\/you-best-fuckin-belize-it-day-two\/","title":{"rendered":"You Best Fuckin’ Belize it: Day Two"},"content":{"rendered":"

Morning of our 2nd day was the complete opposite of our previous. The sun was raging by 7am; it would easily be in the high 80\u2019s today. I quickly forgot about the shitty Philadelphia winter I left behind, and was fully adjusted to the Caribbean climate.
\n\"Bike<\/a>
\nToday started with a trip back to see Emma at Alternate Adventures. Last night when having dinner down the road, Waldo’s bike was knocked over and the clutch lever snapped. Emma was understanding and gave Waldo a new bike as it was quicker for her to swap the bike than the lever. Waldo getting a new bike daily would be a theme of this trip\u2026 more of that to come. Emma also hooked us up with some tips on where to rip in true dirt fashion after doing what we planned on doing today, which of course was more dirt biking, hiking, waterfalls and swimming.<\/p>\n

After leaving Emma\u2019s, we grabbed a breakfast of fry jack w\/ eggs, beans, and bacon; plus more of that sad excuse for coffee\u2026 truly my only complaint of the entire trip. Fry jacks are a deep fried triangular shaped dough that taste like funnel cake. You just rip them open and shove all your breakfast foods inside before devouring them in their deep fried, delicious glory.<\/p>\n

The goal today was Antelope Falls in the Mayflower Bocawina National Park. <\/p>\n

\"Antelope<\/a><\/div>\n

We packed what we would need for the day and headed out. This time heading north on the Southern Highway, with plenty of speed humps to bump jump along the way. The turnoff to Bocawina was only 4 miles up the Southern just north of the town of Silk Grass. We headed west towards the Mayan Mountains, the road very similar to the one going into Cockscomb. Zipping through more citrus grove\u2019s and teak farms, we soon wound up at the Mayflower Bocawina visitor’s center. Again we paid our entrance fee, changed into more appropriate hiking gear, and left our stuff with the park rangers. The heat was in full effect and I was in heaven. The path started out in jungle flatlands. We saw more wildlife, including the Agouti, the smaller cousin of the Gibnut or Paca; imagine a small Capybara with skinny rabbit like legs. At first we were excited to see this exotic rodent, but as the trip wore on we saw plenty. Turns out the Agouti is a pretty common animal to see. The flatlands soon turned into steep steps running parallel with large waterfall. Towards the apex, the stairs turned into rope climbs. We had to scramble up rocks while using the ropes to be able to pull ourselves all the way to the top of the trail. Before finding the falls, we stumbled upon a lookout point that gave us a clear view of a large chunk of the Stann Creek District extending all the way out to the Caribbean Sea. When we came upon the falls, crystal clear cold waters awaited us. We had the whole place to ourselves and wasted no time in diving in its pool to cool off. There were some small rock overhangs we we able to monkey up and jump into the pool…too much fun. After a quick snack and hydrating, we took the same path back down. At this point our legs were on fire from all the hiking up the mountain sides. On the way down we could hear the screams of joy in a group of people rappelling down the larger waterfall. I\u2019ll have to try that out next time I come.
\n\"Hike<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Waldo<\/a><\/div>\n
\"Lookout\"<\/a><\/div>\n
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