Thanks for all the info!

I will probably stay somewhere cheap, such as Hotel Backpackers. Twelve miles each way does not sound bad unless I were walking it as a day trip.

I do so want to get to Caracol this time. The last two times I was passing through were in different Januaries and the road was bad due to rain. This time it will be in February and I understand that the road is improved and being improved even now.

That is good for tourists, but bad for the countryside, due to all the new settlements that will show up along the road.