It was dark when we took our transport into Semuc from Lanquin, so we hadn’t seen the scenery of the bumpy road we took down into our hostel.  When it was time to leave for Antigua in the morning, we not only got to experience the bumpy road again, but we got to see what was in the dark the night before.

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Six hours into our 8 hour bus ride towards Semuc Champey, the girl sitting behind me tapped me on the shoulder and asked if I spoke spanish.  “A little”, I said.  “Can you ask the driver if we’re going to stop for a bathroom break?” she asked.

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The day before we were set to leave San Ignacio, I asked our hostel staff how much it should cost us on the bus out of town to the border of Guatemala and they told us that we should just take a cab because it would only cost us about $5 Belize each to get to the border and we didn’t have to mess with the bus. So when the first guy we approached asked for $50 Belize, I laughed in his face.

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