Rise and shined the kids at 6am. We were picked up by Searious Adventures
at our dock at 6:45am to make the trip to Belize City where we would catch a
tour bus (school name – named Faith) for the Belize Zoo. We did a couple of
water taxi stops on the way to San Pedro and then had a 1.5 hour water shuttle
ride to Belize City. Beautiful ride and had a great conversation with one of
the tour guides. Learned a lot and he (Gus) was very informative about the
island and their culture. 
It didn’t take long and we were just off the coast near Belize City
where it looked like we were driving the boat right into the jungle packed
beach. Instead it was a very narrow split which once we broke through the vegetation,
it opened up to a canopied river. It was absolutely gorgeous! While on the river
the crew broke out some Johnny Cakes (biscuits with cheese & ham or chicken),
along with a melody of fruits. We headed upstream for another 15 minutes and
then docked to catch the bus. 
James was our tour guide today. The bus ride took about 50 minutes. We
were on good roads the whole way. Once we were out of the city, we wove through
the savanna for the most part of the ride and them the mountainous or forest region
for the last 10-15 minutes. The roads here are none descriptive and there is
virtual no road signage or billboards. So when we came up to the zoo entrance
it was sudden with no indication that there was a zoo here.
We only had an hour and half time to spend at the zoo so we charged
through. It was small zoo only about 28 acres. They had from what I remember
around 40-50 exhibits. The Belize Zoo was a great place for the kids to get an
up close look at all the animals. It was a very charming place as it was all
covered by forest canopy. Arches of trees, vines, palms and flowers were
constantly above through all the paths and walkways. We enjoyed watching all
the pumas, jaguars, ocelot and the other cats. There were plenty of bird exhibits
and Thomas even manage to get a lick or two from the Tapirs.
Next stop - Chukka where we would have the thrill of cave tubing.
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