First off, our daytrip to Lamanai (submerged crocodile), an ancient Mayan city.
Fun fact: Mayans were sports fans. They played a game akin to basketball that went like this:
1. You toss a "ball" into a hoop, with no bouncing of the ball however as this "ball" is really a human head.
2. If you are the captain of the winning team you die!! :)
3. This is an honor
4. Great job, you've now automatically surpassed the 9 levels of the underworld.
As we were climbing the temples we heard what sounded like velociraptors coming out of the jungle. Turns out they were howler monkeys. One troop invaded the feeding grounds of another. You don't won't to mess with these seemingly cute and fuzzy animals. So next time you hear dinosaurs in the jungle, they're just monkeys as dinosaurs don't exist anymore.
It was hot as balls but we trudged on and conquered the tallest temple on the site. At the top... It was pretty magnificent. We were looking at the same view the Mayans would have seen... A carpet of green made up of the tops of tropical jungle trees and hundreds of dragonflies circling us in a beautiful, lively dance. (Val - dragonfly visitation lol)
Here's us looking not as sweaty as we really are:
At the end of the day, we took our boat, a school bus ride, and another boat back to San Pedro. The bus ride involved our excellent guide Gustavo passing out some pretty delicious coconut tarts. "Hold it still," he said, as he poured rum into the crust of the tart. He even refilled our rum punch cups (FYI do any activity in Belize no matter how outdoorsy or intense and you are rewarded at the end with a rum punch). On our last boat ride, we saw an epic sunset. The sun was huge and electric red! A photo doesn't do it justice. You'll just have to come to Belize and see for yourself cuz seeing is Belizing. :)
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