Belize and Guatemala Trip
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days 4 and 5

Day 4 - Travelled on a bumpy red clay road until reaching Soldier's Creek. Jumped off the rock there into twenty feet of water - I think the scariest part was the initial jump, when I felt like I would never hit the water. Went on to Maya Center to meet a throng of Mopan Mayan children checking out the van and the gringos inside. Met many interesting ones - one, in particular, Emmanuel, seemed to know quite a lot of American pop culture, like the Terminator and Harry Potter movies. From there, we visited the Cockscomb Basin and swam in the falls there.
Day 5 - Travelled to South Water Caye off of Pelican Beach. Went for a snorkel in horrible weather.

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peek-a-boo! a turtle coming to check us out in the pond behind the education center

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weeeeeeeee! my jump into Soldier's Creek

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The building we stayed in while in Maya Centre (bathrooms, yet again, not included)

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us in the fall

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the place we stayed the third night - the education center

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Lauren playing catch with some of the girls in Maya Centre

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Three of the ladies running the shop in Maya Centre in the traditional dress of the Mopan Maya

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the waterfall in Cockscomb Basin

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inside the fall

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Pelican Beach, where we got on the boat to travel to South Water Caye

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the ride back from snorkeling...

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ah, this is the life - waiting for the boat to come

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If you can't read my face, this is what I'm saying - this is no day for snorkeling!