Tuesday, February 6, 2018: Bus to St. Ignacio

In the morning we left early and drove back to the airport where we turned in our car and took a taxi to the bus stop. We caught the bus for Belize just as it was pulling out. This was a regular bus--a retired school bus from the US. We were the only non-Belize people on the bus. The bus is called the chicken bus, but there were no chickens on it this time. We had hoped to take the express bus, but it didn't leave until 2:30 PM, and this bus was due in to St. Ignacio at noon.

Our Bus

Once in St. Ignacio we took a collectivo taxi to the Parrot Nest in Bullet Falls. Then we hung out in Bullet Tree Falls for the rest of the day.

I was hoping that this would be a fabric store, but instead it sold items that had been sewn. Disappointing!

The Road to Parrot Nest

The Tree House

From the Back

Another View

Agouti

I walked around the village, finding a small food stand at the edge of the road. 

Margaret, the girl who worked there, took me to her house and showed me her embroidery and introduced me to her mother, Manuella. Her house was really interesting--one walked in to the living room which had 2 doors on either side that appeared to be bedrooms. At the back was a large kitchen with a door to the outside. Outside was a large patio with a cooking area at the back in which a wood fire was burning. There was a roof overtop the entire area. Beyond that was a large chicken coop built on a hill with chickens and turkeys inside and ducks outside.