Snorkel me timbers

So after a brief hiatus from the blogging world, we decided to make one last post before we headed back to civilization. At roughly quadruple the cost of an hour of internet compared to Guatemala, this may be shorter as I'm trying to play beat the clock.

So we made our way to Flores a couple of days ago...I don't know the rum haze makes days in the sun sorta fly by and become slightly muddled. It was a pretty uneventful trip here, except for nearly missing our passports getting stamped. You basically get dropped off by a bus and then have to walk your bags across a bridge to the other side of the border. It was more than a little confusing as nobody tells you what to do, but they expect you to have the right stamps. Bastards! Anyways, talk about culture shock, try to going straight to english and about two steps up the ladder out of poverty than what you've been in the last two weeks. We quickly adjusted though, except for the part about everybody not being nearly as friendly in Belize as Guatemala, mostly the travelers not the locals, and getting used to everything being at least double the cost. But we made our way out to Caye Caulker, our little beach town that could, and have spent the last few days chilling out maxing. Tommy still was fighting the hershey revenge trail for the first couple of days here, but it appears that things have finally settled down. All it took was a Belikin (the local Belizian beer), after a few days of Gatorade and cracker subsistence to get the boy right.

The highlight of the trip has got to be the Raggamuffin tour snorkling tour we did. Three amazing dive spots, tons of fish and crazy corral, a booze cruise on the sailboat trip back, jamming reggae and eating fresh conch cerviche. It was tailor made awesome. I got to pet a nurse shark and a couple of pretty big sting rays. I also came face to face with this giant green moray eel. I imagined it bitting my face off, but luckily it went back into its hole. We have no pictures, and I can't even begin to describe the awesomeness, cornucopia of colors, or sheer terror, but it was well worth the trip, if you ever make it down this way. Other than that, we've just been taking our fair share of sun in, eating barracuda, lobster, and crab like kings, and drinking 1 barrel which is such and amazingly awesome tasting rum for the cost of about 7.50 a bottle. It's nearly cheaper than drinking water.

Tomorrow we have to go home, and the shock will probably be just as bad as heading into Guatemala city at night, but for now, lets drink some more one barrel, enjoy the sunshine and "go slow man",

Later,
Alan

P.s. Tommy's pictures are as follows.

Hi all,

I'm flying home tomorrow but got time to get on the internet beforehand and upload rest of the pics from guatamala.

Sorry, but not everything is rotated properly, I forgot.

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2015956&l=02ee2&id=122802302
and
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2015957&l=5d844&id=122802302