Jungle Livin'

After leaving Missoula and a night of rest in Denver we arrived into Belize early in the afternoon to start our first adventure to Central America! During our hour-or-so ride to our jungle paradise, Pook's Hill, our driver answered our questions about Belize's culture, climate, and wildlife. A bumpy and beautiful drive down ended our last leg of the drive where we learned about the local flora of the Jungle including the sacred Mayan tree, the Ceiba Tree, or Tree of Life. This impressive national tree's branches reach to the sky and the trunk of the younger trees are covered in intimidating spikes.

Immediately after arriving at Pook's Hill we were immediately greeted by one of the owners or the lodge, Ray, who treated us to a welcome drink and introduced us to the lodge. We familiarized ourselves with our cozy cabanas. The accommodations at Pook's Hill are the perfect rustic escape from modern living, although they do supply electricity via solar arrays and generators as well as hot water which is supplied via burning Cohune nuts, a native renewable resource.

After exploring the lodge and conversing with the other guests and Ray over dinner we headed to bed for the best night's sleep I have ever had. There is nothing that compares to falling asleep to the sound of the jungle!