050 Cycle Touring Central America - Part 2

(^80) Crooked Tree – Orange Walk - 47 kilometres

We woke to the coarse croaking of a toucan and the chirping of various birds. It
rained heavily during the night, making our patch somewhat muddy, and we dried
our tents in the early morning sun before setting out to Orange Walk.

Orange Walk was a small but lively town, where one could still find old-fashioned
tortilla factories. The settlement was situated along the banks of the New River,
once a major waterway for the ancient Maya. A cabana next to the river, where the
river was covered in water lilies and where little tables under thatched roofs were
right in the water, was our peaceful abode for the night.