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We woke up the next morning to see that the rain that had begun the day before continued. Today was a “resting day.” We spent the morning on a hike into the jungle.
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We saw all sorts of trees, plants, and some really pretty butterflies. On the walk, I ended up going slower than most of the group, but faster than the photographers. I was walking through the jungle by myself, thinking about how scary it would have been to be lost. How it would be horrible to have to hike in the dark…and how many eyes were probably watching me that I didn’t even know about. This was about the time I fell down the path and almost ran into our guide Pedro…who was chopping bamboo for famous bamboo chicken. As we were hiking the sun came out.
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We ate lunch and then played in the water for the rest of the day. We paddled our kayaks under the waterfall to see who could hold on and not get pushed out. We also played water polo. It was a “modified version” in which any rules go. We played for several hours and were exhausted.
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We then got out of the water, dried off, and decided to entertain ourselves by braiding hair (don’t really know why we felt like this was the best idea ever, but we had a great time.) We had fashion shoots, and acted pretty much like we were all twelve years old!
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Day 13 - We packed up everything, tents included, and headed down the river. This was to be a travel day. We paddled down the river to the next take out point, pulled all of our gear out and set up our tents. After we had our camp set up, we had some “team bonding” drinking and answering questions such as first car and first album bought with your own money. It was a great day!
Day 14 - We had an early wake up call, tore down our camp, and begun paddling to our takeout point. We did not have any drops this day, and the water reminded me of paddling down the current river….except there were tons of iguanas! Valencio climbed a tree and scared an iguana. The iguana jumped in the river (did you know iguana’s swam?) and then Pedro jumped into the water and caught the iguana. We passed it all around and took pictures. Valencio then let the iguana go.
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We continued down the river until we got to the bridge.
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As we exited the local children from the village showed up to help us cart all of our materials from the river to the van. The children helped us, and then we gave them treats, gum, cookies, pencils, and magazines. It was a difficult experience because I wanted to organize and make things “fair”.
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We walked from the river to a store where lunch was waiting. It was similar fare, but I ended up eating rice and beans. It was just so tasty! We loaded up the van and drove back to Dangriga after lunch. We went to the Island Expeditions office where we were able purchase some souvenirs and get the rest of our luggage.
We were then driven to the airport, where a private puddle jumper was waiting to take us back to Belize City. We boarded the plane and took off for BC. It was the SMOOTHEST puddle jumper flight I’ve ever taken. I thought we were going to the international airport, but we landed at the municipal airport. The runway ended a few feet from the water.
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It was quite the landing! We were then transferred to the hotel and were able to rest. As a last finale, we ended up having a final dinner together. It was quite the event, and a little sad, as we were all going our own ways the next day.
Day 15 - Time to go home! My flight didn’t leave until later in the afternoon, and two of my trip mates were on the same flight out. We decided to share a taxi to the airport. My roommate got up and left early, leaving me in the room by myself until noon. I slept in, enjoyed a nice breakfast buffet and was able to spend about two hours by the pool before it was time to leave. We ended up at the airport with about a billion students on mission trips. The majority of our flight was filled with these students. It wasn’t quite the restful flight that I had hoped.
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Luckily the REI travelers and I were able to rush through customs before the large group, and we had no trouble finding our way around the Dallas airport. I ended up waiting for my flight back to KC watching the KU basketball game with fellow Kansans. Belize Trip Recap Part 1 Belize Trip Recap Part 2
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