It's Good Friday!! Belize considers this holiday to be one of the most important and holiest of days, so most of the shops and restaurants around town are closed. While we are still on our "spring break", our next activity was exploring this crazy cave in San Ignacio! The ATM cave, standing for Actun Tunichil Muknal, was a 3.5 mile long place that the ancient Noble Mayans used for worship and to sacrifice. Touring this cave was VERY physically demanding! We had a 45 minute hike through the woods and across rivers to the entrance, then the cave tour itself was over 3 hours of climbing on/through/over/around slippery boulders, squeezing through tight and sharp places, and swimming to the next rock (which some may be laughing because, well, not a good swimmer). It was fascinating to see remains of old pots and other artifacts, along with this fully preserved skeleton that was over 1,000 years old!!! Although this cave was only discovered in 1989, it's dated back to just year 1 AD. The views of the interior and crystal formations were epic and out of this world.
PS: cameras were not allowed in the cave, so these pictures are from google.
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