Saturday, December 15, 2012

Kasey and I decided to be crazy and go on a vacation without the kids.  We were able to get my parents to take the kids for 10 DAYS! while we headed south to Belize.  It was awesome.  We spent a day and a half in Guatemala and the rest of the time in Belize.  We visited 6 Mayan ruin sites, Xunantunich, Cahal Pech, Caracol, Altun Ha, Lamanai and Tikal.  We also went to the Rio Frio Cave and the Actun Tunich Muknal Cave.  We spent a day on San Pedro Island and another day on Caye Caulker snorkeling.  The trip was incredible.  While we would not recommend anyone visit Belize City, we would recommend visiting the rest of Belize.  Our favorite area was the Cayo District with all the ruins and caves.  One of the caves had old Mayan pots and even skeletons!  When we were at the ancient ruin sites they let us climb pyramids and even go into some of the tombs.  Having traveled in Mexico and Guatemala before I was surprised at how different Belize seemed.  I suppose that having everyone speak english(Belize's official language) was part of that.  We ate fresh tropical fruit(dragonfruit, pineapple, papaya, banana, watermelons), watched monkeys climb around in the trees, and layed in a hammock loving the warm weather.  Since the trip was too awesome to give every detail there are too many pictures I created a video on youtube.  Check it out!

1 comment:

AZ Owen's said...

Hey! We live in Worthington. We moved here in august. When do you go back up north? You should totally come visit. We will have to see if we can make it up there this summer too! Richard is going up to Duluth next month with the robotics team he coaches. Will post some pictures. Talk to you soon! -Owens