One last goodbye from the hotel’s resident Iguana.He is a bit more colourful than the plain grey ones we have mostly seen.Sugar City may be a slightly exaggerated description for Orange Walk; ‘Sugar’ is accurate enough because it is surrounded by sugar plantations, however, ‘city’ for a population of 14000?We have dozens of these lorries pass us and again when empty as they return to the harvesting area for their next load. Interestingly we notice the harvesting is down by machines as opposed to those we passed in Mexico where it was all done by men with machetes.
Amongst the sugar cane areas are large herds of dairy and beef cattle with many working horses to complete the rural scene.This is the main road which runs all the way to the border and we hesitate to call ‘highway’ because there are not any road markings, no shoulder, and only a temporary surface.
Finally back at the coast and we approach the town of Corozal from the opposite end to the way we entered three weeks earlier.Those of us that live at a certain altitude have to be mindful of both overhanging obstructions as well as open drains without guards that everyone has to watch out for.The boat we took to Ambergris Caye will soon be leaving with this day’s passengers.
Mexico and Belize 