Saturday, 12 September 2015

Day Four: Belize

We left the ship and got straight onto the first tender (a ferry) heading to the docks. It took thirty minutes before we arrived and as soon as the boat stopped we were hit with the heat. Each stop seems more and more hot. We met our tour guide and the other two in our group and she led us to her personal minivan. 

We were a little skeptical about the fact but once we got in it felt very professional. We booked through X-stream tours at www.belizecruiseexcursions.com and it was more than what we expected. She gave us the history of the country and explained everything we passed. It took about an hour to drive to the rainforest where we would do our cave tubing and canopy zip line tour. After getting all organized, we hiked for 25 minutes through the humid rainforest. Reaching the mouth of the cave we were astonished by the size of it. The water was beautiful and so refreshing of course. We tubed for forty minutes in pitch black caves, if it wasn't for our headlamps we wouldn't have seen a thing. Twenty more minutes under the canopy of the trees and then after getting all heated up we jumped in the river and swam for a bit before heading off to the zip lining. The tour from the tree tops was fantastic and exhilarating. (All of our photos are on the disposable camera) 
At the end we made our way back to the ship and proceeded to do our regular cruise things such as soaking in the hot tub, ordered room service, and waited for dinner. At each port they always have a special meal on the menu for the country. I tried cows tongue... just to say that I ate it. As long as you don't think of it as a tongue it's alright. 
We went to the theatre and watched a magic show and dancing. This isn't just a little stage. Every part of it moved in someway. Up, down, or around in circles. There was room behind stage for huge sets. And they had some complicated lighting. I was mesmerized by the quality of the act. We then went to an adult only scavenger hunt, we were in the same group as a couple (Ryan and Tori) we dine with. There was some crazy stuff happening and we laughed so hard. 

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