belize was a little different than all the other ports. we had to dock in the middle of the ocean and get on smaller boats in order to get onto the land. belize was beautiful. it was probably my favorite place we visited besides honduras.
when we got to the city, we had to take an hour bus ride to the river we would be travelling on later. the guide told us all of the history of the country, which made it one of my favorite places. everyone fell asleep on the bus.
when we got to the river, we had to take an hour boat ride to the Lamanai ruins.
on the way we got to see some cute monkey friends
i seriously drank so much coke while we were on this trip, and i don't even like coke! it was puuurty good though.
when our tour started, we got to have an lds tour guide. he was telling us about the history of the lamani ruins referring to the book of mormon. experiences like that make everything more real, and i loved it so much. also, check out those huge palm fronds. it felt like jurassic park and that we were midgets in a giant forest.
they say if you kiss a giant mayan ruin head with big lips, you'll have good luck, but i don't know if i belize them or not.
we climbed to the top of the high temple. it was insane. we had to use the rope halfway up, and then crawl on our hands and knees the rest of the way.
^^^this is totally rad. i mean, look at that sky, it doesn't even look real.
the view from the top, but it doesn't even do justice
^^^we climbed to the top of that
along with our friendly spider monkey friends, there were some not-so-friendly howler monkeys. the sound they make is unreal. t-rex's much?
///tropical paradise.
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