Traveling to other countries is important to us. Traveling with our boys is super important to us! Now that the twins are getting older, we felt like we were ready to take our first international trip as a family of five. We had no idea where we wanted to go or where was the best place to take our boys. A dear friend of mine mentioned they went to Belize with her three young kids. When I asked her why Belize, she said they chose it because there was tons to do with their kids and because it was a two hour flight from Fort Lauderdale. I immediately came home told Chris and he began researching it. Chris surprised me with tickets for the whole family at Christmas! We needed to go in February because Chris' travel season is about to begin and he can't leave during the summer because it is hurricane season. We were all so very excited!
Our first stop after we got off the plane was to go to the Belize Zoo in Belize City. It was a small zoo, but beautiful. It was filled with animals that are common to Belize. Our favorite animals were the toucans! We were thrilled because right when we came upon on the exhibit, the zookeeper was feeding the toucans and he let the boys try it, too! Luke is still talking about feeding the toucans!
The country isn't huge, but there are very distinct parts. We decided to spend the first part of our trip in the town of San Ignacio and we stayed at the beautiful Vanilla Hills Resort.
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| Our house at the lodge |
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| The owner, Claudia, cooked an amazing breakfast every morning! |
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| These huge iguanas were everywhere in Belize! This one lived behind our house at the lodge. |
We spent one evening and one morning shopping in the shops and at the market in San Ignacio. We loved just walking around and enjoying the town, and especially buying our souvenirs.
One of the main reasons we stayed in San Ignacio was so we could visit Rio On Pools. The drive getting the to pools was crazy, but once we got there, we saw that it was completely worth it! The pools were amazing and the boys loved swimming in them.
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| After our long drive, we were anxious to jump in! |
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| The falls were just amazing! |
After we left Rio On Pools, we went to another recommended area called "The Five Sisters Waterfalls." We had the whole place to ourselves and it was spectacular!
Also, at the San Ignacio Hotel there is the Iguana Project. Guests could touch and feed the rescued iguanas. At first the boys were terrified, but once they saw how calm and friendly the iguanas were, they enjoyed it! Abram especially had a blast taking pictures of the iguanas with my digital camera.
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| Feeding the iguanas |
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| One of my favorite pictures from the trip! |
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| This picture took some bribing... |
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| He loved using my camera! |
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| Luke wasn't too sure what to think! |
Our final stop before heading to our next lodge was to climb the ruins at Xunantunich. It was a super warm day, but the boys did great. Jack and Luke climbed most of it, but Chris and Abram went all the way to the top!
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| Before our hike |
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| Heading up... |
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| I love this picture, too! |
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| They made it to the top! |
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| Before heading down... |
And of course we celebrated the completion of our hike at a yummy Caribbean restaurant called "Benny's." It was so good! We tried a famous Belize meal called 'pibil.' Which is pulled pork from a pig that was cooked underground. It was delicious!
This is one of Abram's pictures that he took of the hammock at our lodge. I just love it!
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