Ok, ok we're been slackers with the posts. After some complaints from various members of friends and family, here we go...It was quite a shock to the system going from laid back island life straight into the Belizean jungle at Lower Dover Field Station where we stayed in a little cottage for a few nights.
The highlight of our trip here hands down was our visit to the ATM Cave. Unfortunately there is no cash inside the cave as the name might suggest, the ATM stands for Actun Tunichil Muknal. This cave blew our minds. We knew only that we might "get wet" and boy was that the understatement of the century! After 3 river crossings fully dressed, we next had to swim (keeping our headlamps above the water) into the first section of the cave. The trip involved around 4 hours of squeezing our bodies through the tiniest crevices, walking / swimming through the water within the cave and climbing rocks.
Inside the cave are fully preserved Mayan artifacts and even skeletons which was kind of creepy but interesting nonetheless.
Got to love the look in the photos. Socks + sandals + hard hat is a damn sexy combination.
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