belize is the only central american country that has english as it's offical language although they speak spanish everywhere. it's a very poor country that's major industry is tourism and growing sugar cane. i loved the bus trips we had so i could see the countryside and how people live.
our weekend excursion was off to go zip lining through the rain forest. we got to go on 8 different zip lines and rapell down at the end. it was incredible!
then we hiked through the rainforest to go cave tubing where we had to wear headlamps since the caves were pitch black.
the next day we took a boat trip down a winding river (where we saw a crocodile in the river) to lumania, some ancient mayan ruins.
the view from the top of the ruin
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| these stairs were soooo steep! | | |
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| making good progress |
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| the students were all so sweet and loved playing soccer with the hefy kids. i loved hearing their clapping songs and handing out candy to them. | |
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| my favorite part of the ride |
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| last reflections on the dock before we go | | | |
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| view from the top of our hotel....good bye humidity, good bye bottled water and bug spray but most of all good bye to a fabulous experience - one that i will never forget! | |
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