We woke up early and had breakfast at Martha’s Guest House and planned out the day. We wanted to hike towards the Mayan site, Cahal Pach, which was at the edge of town and we needed to make arrangements for our day trip to the Mayan site of Tikal and then onward to Flores for [...]

The Zoo’s accommodations were cabana style with metal roofs. Since it continued to rain through the night, we were woken many times by the swoosh sounds of the rain hitting the metal roof. Patrick thought the sounds reminded him of sniper rifles. “I thought we were under attack,” Patrick said in the morning. We were [...]

The weather report for Caye Caulker-actually for the whole country was rain, rain, and more rain. It didn’t make sense to stay on the island if you couldn’t go snorkeling or scuba diving so after a morning run we went back to the mainland. 

(Editor’s note- as you may know, I have been convinced to run a [...]

“I am leaving on a jet plane. I don’t know when I will be back again.”  —John Denver.

The flight from the Bahamas to Belize connected through the Miami Airport. Miami, not unlike the Bahamas, were experiencing an uncommon cold front, which would follow us to Belize. From what we heard from people on the plane the entire continent [...]