Arrive in San Ignacio

We had a long day in the car. We traveled three hours to San Ignacio
and arrived at Cahel Pech Resort to drop off our luggage and get back
in the vehicles to go to the Mollejon dam and hydroelectric plant.
Belize typically bought electricity from Mexico but that can
frequently be expensive, especially seasonally. Damming the rivers has
been a recent occurrence in Belize and this source of electricity
makes Belize self-reliant. The dam itself is smaller than what I’m
used to seeing, but combined with a couple of other hydro-power plants
(one more we’ll see tomorrow), they seem to producing what they need.

The Cahel Pech Resort is sweet, has a lovely view and has a pool. But
again, very poor internet access. So while the Belize government is
working towards finding good sustainable sources of cleanly generated
electricity, I suggest they look into reliable network access for the
nation. Not so much for tourist and research parties to check their
email or upload their data, but for school children to be able to
enjoy the riches of the information found on the internets.

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