Good Vibes Mon

After 3 buses, 2 taxis, a boarder crossing and a boat ride we land on the island of Caye Caulker, Belize. Did we mention that we slept through our stop on our overnight bus and turned our 14hr trek into a 20hr marathon. It was all worth it. Belize is a chilled out, reggae filled land on the beautiful Caribbean Sea. The island we were on was so small you could throw a baseball from the ocean on one side of the island and land it in the ocean on the other side. Belize is home to the second largest barrier reef in the world and the though of snorkling on the reef with fish of every variety, sea cows and sharks (small ones, "armless") was thrilling. What we didn´t know was that we were followed to Belize by a tropical storm. The threat of it turning into a hurricane was real and so snorkling will have to wait until Honduras. Our stay was short, the island was already split in two from a previous hurricane so our thoughts were to head inland. We loved the slow pace of the island and even in the rain in was hot! The rastas showed us good time on the streets and in cool-ass reggae bars. But alas we HAD to leave. It was off to Guatemala and the legendary Tikal.

Tikal was the most magical of all the Mayan ruins we´ve seen yet. Deep, deep in the jungle, temples shot out of the canopy. We climbed up past the tree tops on ancient stone steps (and some half assed wooden ones) and ended up looking over a vast jungle and at the same time face to face with spider and howler monkeys feeding in the tree tops. At some points we were no more than 10 feet away from the alpha male of the howler clan. There is no way to really express the magesty of this place. We hope the pictures will do it some justice. For now we are taking a rest from the furious travels in Antigua, Guatemala. We will take some much needed Spanish lessons and live with a Guatemalan family. Adios Amigos!

For some more pictures click this link:
http://www.imagestation.com/album/?id=2116230518