Mayan Adventure

Since Natalie, Jeanne, and I began our video documentary of Derrick we have found many new friends. Derrick has a high school band with his brother, Maverick, and two friends William and Lucio. They wanted to take us to an unexcavated Mayan ruin and as they always say "When in Belize..." So of course what do we do but rent bikes and go on our adventure. We pack our bags for the day and peddle several miles south on the island and then turn off into the jungle. All they kept saying was "go fast" so to us Americans that’s code for "What were about to do could be illegal." So what do we do but peddle fast! We have to put our bikes in trees so as not to be seen and we begin to trek through a mucky jungle. After I fell into the water I gave up on trying to stay somewhat clean and embraced to mud. We walked for half a mile and came up to a mound of dirt surrounded by trees and conch shells. This was it! There was broken pottery on the ground, stairs, walls, and wells. It was amazing to see all of this. The "guides" got us a little lost and after running from mosquitoes and eating almonds off the trees we made our way back. What better to end the day than going straight into the ocean to clean off with shoes on and everything!