We woke to a beautiful morning after a pretty good sleep, first mission was to go to the Chocolate factory for a tour, trial and purchase.
It was cool as, everything is made right there from the bean grinding and baking to the finished product it is all right there.
The chocolate is spendie but very nice indeed so we splashed and supported the local economy.
This is Ellens hurry up and take the bloody photo look as she wanted to get into the chocolate
The grillers and grinder
Hot chocolate pot
Guilty as charged, see the small production line behind me
Finishing in town we picked up an A&W Root beer for me ... YUMMMOOO! then packed up ready to the road back to to Hopkins, the trip was uneventful which was cool but hot 36 degrees and fookin humid.
Turning into Hopkins we hit another standard bomb blasted road, these seem to be standard issue when stepping off the main drag, we are thankful for a 21 inch front wheel and long travel suspension to suck up the road or lack of it.
Destination was Lebeha Cabanas and drumming which we found pretty easily and were welcomed in by Jabbar the co owner and great guy.
We took basic cabana for $30 Belize ($15US) per night which was a coupla rugged beds and a table and double opening doors with a padlock ... saweet our own lockup which make storing lappies etc a lot easier.
We walked to the beach which is about 80 metres away, the water wasn’t very clear as the wind was up as was the surf but it was very warm and nice relief from the heat and humidity, we also played with a bunch of local kids letting them climb up on our shoulders and dive into the water the laughter and giggles were second to none with everyone enjoying themselves.
That evening we cooked in with having rice and some local veges and sausages then off to the drumming down the beach at the Driftwood in.
It was cool as, everything is made right there from the bean grinding and baking to the finished product it is all right there.
The chocolate is spendie but very nice indeed so we splashed and supported the local economy.
This is Ellens hurry up and take the bloody photo look as she wanted to get into the chocolate
The grillers and grinder
Hot chocolate pot
Guilty as charged, see the small production line behind me
Finishing in town we picked up an A&W Root beer for me ... YUMMMOOO! then packed up ready to the road back to to Hopkins, the trip was uneventful which was cool but hot 36 degrees and fookin humid.
Turning into Hopkins we hit another standard bomb blasted road, these seem to be standard issue when stepping off the main drag, we are thankful for a 21 inch front wheel and long travel suspension to suck up the road or lack of it.
Destination was Lebeha Cabanas and drumming which we found pretty easily and were welcomed in by Jabbar the co owner and great guy.
We took basic cabana for $30 Belize ($15US) per night which was a coupla rugged beds and a table and double opening doors with a padlock ... saweet our own lockup which make storing lappies etc a lot easier.
We walked to the beach which is about 80 metres away, the water wasn’t very clear as the wind was up as was the surf but it was very warm and nice relief from the heat and humidity, we also played with a bunch of local kids letting them climb up on our shoulders and dive into the water the laughter and giggles were second to none with everyone enjoying themselves.
That evening we cooked in with having rice and some local veges and sausages then off to the drumming down the beach at the Driftwood in.
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Hey you two! This is Mike, one of the hooligans you met and camped with in Montana last summer. Its nearing camping season here again thank god. I'm glad to see you are still doing well. Ride on, eat, drink, sleep, and be merry!!!!! Cheers!
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