The pools of Semuc

Semuc was worth every bit of effort to reach.  There´s a rushing river that cuts underneath the limestone rock.













On top of the limestone rock there are slabs set up like a staircase that are filled with the turquoise water.  Each pool is deep enough to dive into and gets shallower at the edge where it flows down into the next pool.  You enter, swim to the edge, jump into the pool below, repeat until you come to the end.

The end - all of the pools flow out as a waterfall where it rejoins the underground river water again.


Very refreshing.  Could have stayed all day, but naptime approached.









At night, we went up the road from our hotel to watch the millions of bats fly out of a cave at dusk.  It was amazing how fast they dart out.  I have now idea how they move so fast - I kept ducking thinking they´d hit me.  It wasn´t so much a swarm that blackened the sky, but more like a thick stream that flowed out.  Next day they turned on the lights for us and we went in the cave.  Most of it has yet to be explored.  The half hour in we travelled was impressive.  Also great being the only ones there.