Maya Kingdom Resort-Hostel Belize City

... shack that served as the town's bar. The bus slowed as we drove by and right there inside that nondescript blue shack Tony Danza looked right at me, albeit from a flatscreen tv. Imagine, that...men getting drunk to Who's The Boss.

The road between Belize City is slowgoing but at least it was asphalt. At the border we had to get off the bus, walk through Belizean customs for a passport exit stamp, walk further to the ...

... grow down) can take 2,000 years to grow 1 inch.

Since I've stopped following television shows I was unaware of a fact that I would have LOVED. The tour guide told us all that an episode of Man vs. Wild was filmed in the jungles (which cover 60% of Belize) that we were standing in. Bear Grylls (my mannnn!) was dropped off with just his water an flint and had to survive and make it to a civilization alive. I need to hunt down that episode and see if he came across any ...

... very dirty. Not only was their garbage spattered everywhere, but the streets were all dust and dirt and the sewer was exposed to the unsuspecting nose. Plus there were signs of Christmas everywhere. Carols were being played on he streets, Santa manicans and trees were set up- it was slightly frightening. The next morning we hopped on the water taxi to Caye Caulker.

... it is one of the worlds most dangerous. We confidently made the silly decision of walking to our accommodation as it was only a couple of blocks. We were swiftly latched onto by a 6 foot 5, one toothed shoeless local who insisted on escorting as long as we told him where we were staying and gave him some money. In fairness to ´Jalfly´ it was nice having company through the downtown, even from a crazed drunk, and he was very thankful of his $1 tip ...

... les uns sur les autres mais l'esprit cabane les pieds dans l'eau est definitivement la. Mike, le tenancier, est clairement un local compte tenu de sa barre d'abdominos (propre a tous les mecs etant plus ou moins nes sur un bateau), de son grand sourire (facon 'don't worry, be happy') et du dialecte bien particulier qu'il utilise pour nous faire comprendre qu'on est ici chez nous (on peut utiliser sa cuisine, ses canoes, ses tamtams et autres castagnettes). Nous ...

... in the main room to play dutch blitz, a favourite card game of the week, and cranium, eat birthday cake and sing to Jude- who is a part of the discipleship program in the village. So tomorrow we set out to Caye Caulker for a snorkling adventure. I think the general feel of the group is that we're sad to be leaving the base and the village. We all love it here at Vera and Basil's place; we'll miss it alot! We'll miss all the people we've met in the village and all the ...

... be going to some schools this week talking about staying sexually pure. We will be doing the VBS in a day camp on Saturday and then repeating it on Sunday with another group of children. Thanks for the prayers and all. Hey Megan, I love you and the girls. Give them my love. I started crying when I read your post. What's new. Well, thats all for me (Dennis). Oh by the way, we are two hours behind you all ...

... we went back into the Baboon sanctuary and spent a while watching the babies playing and listening to the big daddy howling. It was strange watching the babies because almost right alongside in the same tree was a large iguana. Whilst walking around we also managed to see an anteater, although not for long enough to film, this one was about 2ft 6" long and about 6 to 8" wide. We are staying at the sanctuary for one more night.

We had been led to believe that we were booked on a private tour but were not surprised when we showed up and there were other people on the van. We just put another check in the scam column and loaded up for what turned out to be a really long day. The drive to Caracol is not an easy one and everyone was glad when we arrived. We spent several hours touring the ruins and then had lunch before heading back. It was raining heavily ...

Our port of call today was Belize City, Belize. For our excursion we.....no, no rum punch today.... We took a tour to the Mayan ruins! This was by far my favorite day. We boarded a bus with not-so-bad-this-time tourists. Our tour guide was great. Us girls were pretty hung over....being that once we get back to the ship each night, we proceed to go to the Sky Walker Club, and drink the night away.... I know, I know ...