Getting Lost in Belize

Mopan and Macal Rivers come together at Branch Mouth

Day One Con't: On the way to Parrot's Nest, we took a wrong turn (easy to do, signs are not very common.) Ten minutes later down a bumpy dirt road,  we ended up at a beautiful river with an Iganua Preserve. Later on we find out this is  Branch Mouth Park. The area where the Mopan and Macal Rivers come together to form the Belize River.

Very nature-ish. A wonderful local man decided  to watch over the Iguana's so the 'bamboo chicken' don't get caught and eaten by Belizeans.He's successful, and has turned this area into an Iguana Preserve.The Iguana's were getting a feeding of lettuce, and it was so interesting to watch them move around so freely, and eerily so dang fast.
They would be terrific guard Iguana's if possible.

After we soaked in this scene, we investigated the wooden hammock bridge.  It sure didn't look too steady, it was missing some boards,
and there was a definite rickety-ness to the bridge.

We did watch a motorcycler ride across the bridge and frankly we were all holding our breath.  And really couldn't believe our eyes. But there are

families that live on the other side of the Macal River, and this is the only way to get to their home without tacking on an extra hour to their travels. We did hear from our hosts at Parrot Nest, that they did see the hammock bridge break when a motorcyclist actually fell in the water as he attempted to cross. This could explain why the motorcyclist we saw took a reaaally long time waiting at the start before he went across.

Then we had some fun on the bridge, going to and fro before we ventured off to find our cabin at Parrot's Nest.