Thunder rocked the sky this afternoon in San Ignacio. Shortly afterwards the dark clouds overhead let loose and the rain came pouring down. Even the birds enjoyed the respite from the heat!
After the rain stopped the temperature dropped so I went for a walk about town. San Ignacio Town has a population of about 14,000 people and sits on the bank of the Makal River. If you cross the narrow bridge that spans the river, you will enter the sister city of Santa Elena. Because it's so small, everyone knows everyone. Taxi drivers lounge together waiting for a rider. Women selling fruit in the market stalls gossip amongst themselves between customers. It's a sweet little town in the middle of the rain forest.
These are some of the sights I saw on my after-the-rain walk.
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| The local electricity company in a modest building |
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| A colorful street |
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| Everything Boutique |
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| Xibalba Expeditions for those who want to travel to the underworld |
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| A colorful house at the top of Colorful Street |
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| An abandoned government building across from the colorful house |
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| A poem |
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| A dive with very good food |
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| A hippie couple from Oregon inside the dive with good food (yes, they are living in Belize full time) |
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| Baby Love's vegetarian restaurant which was not open (does that mean paradise closes?) |
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| A lab that I wouldn't trust |
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| And a mural of caring |
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