The plane here was pretty standard, nothing too eventful which is great news for a flight. We took a cab to our hotel which was two hours away, with a cab driver who spoke to us in only Creole. We literally caught every 2 out of 100 words and just nodded and smiled the rest of the time (which was a loooong time).
We got to our "resort" where they said they would be "upgrading" us to a better room because our original room was taken. They showed us to our private cabana, which is a tiny bright blue hut in the middle of a jungle. There are three beds inside, one is actually like sleeping on a wooden bench, one is like sleeping on a pile of springs and the other is a tiny cot in the corner of the room which is juuuust right (minus a large metal bar through the middle of it). Avital decided on the cot and I decided on the pile of springs. It was pretty cold so we slept bundled in layers, with our "blanket" (aka top sheet) over us. All in all, things were pretty smooth (minus the tv that would not turn on and the shower head that fell off in the middle of avital's shower) and we actually slept like babies due to sheer exhaustion.
We woke up this morning and decided to go ziplining through the Belizian rainforest. Our guide picked us up from the hotel and immediately warned us that we had a very bumpy ride ahead of us that was about an hour, and that if his driving scares us we should tell him. Apparently the car had no shock absorber whatsoever and so VERY bumpy it was. The ziplining was so cool and we got a little nature tour as well, where we learned that termites are actually edible. The guide stopped for a snack, cut open a piece of a termite nest and began picking at the bugs. They offered some protein to us as well. For numerous reasons, we declined.
We then took a cab to the iguana project where they are working on saving the iguanas, who are on danger of extinction. While we were waiting, we looked down at our ankles which suddenly had large red splotches all over them presumably from the rainforest. They didn't hurt and weren't itchy but they were getting bigger and the outside of them was turning a little white. We freaked out for a moment but then they stopped getting bigger and we feel fine, so we assume that we are...
The iguanas were so big, around four feet long. Avital held one named Roxy, who did not want to be held by me and kept digging her claws into me. What can I say, I'm a dog person. We went to the place where they kept the baby iguanas an they climbed alllll over us (which tickled).
We went to town, bought some fruit and vegetables, and walked back to out cabana home. When we walked inside we saw that they had made our beds, and quickly noticed that where goldie locks' perfect cot once stood, there was now a large empty space. So there goes that, we are now back to our bench and springs.
We made ourselves some awesome wraps for dinner, and read by the pool. Next on our list will be a Belizian pineapple for dessert and soon off to bed. Tomorrow we are going on a 10 hour tour/hike/swim of Actun Tunichil Muknal (google it!) and then we will be leaving our jungle cabana to sleep in a treehouse for the night. I am going to venture to say that we will not have Internet access there (though you never know with the trees nowadays) so if it's a while til my next contact with the outside world, that is why.
Until next time!
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