Can you Belize it!!!

Last week we had the chance to go to Belize with some of our friends Brandon/Courtney, and Jason/Becky. We originally planned on going to Italy, but with the exchange rate being so crappy right now, we decided that we couldn't afford it until we saved up. Belize was a blast and so relaxing. Cody has not been able to take time off of work since he has been with skywest so our travels have been limited to 3 days or less. Well he finally had some sick days he could use, so we got to go for a week. We haven't got all the pics yet, so we'll post some more when we get them.

The first adventure was trying to fly 6 people on standby all the way to Central America.

Amazingly enough we didn't have any problems on the way there or back... I guess it was good that we all split up and went to Atlanta at different times.

Next, we spent a day in Belize City. Talk about GHETTO. This place was run down and not very tourist friendly, but there were some cool things to do there so we had to stay for a while. First we went Cave Tubing... which is exactly what it sounds like. (We have pics on an underwater camera, that is getting developed right now.)They have rivers that wind through the jungles and go through caves. Its kindof like floating the canal in logan, except a lot cooler scenery. Next we had to go visit some Mayan Ruins, Which were amazing and Hot!






Next, we took a boat ride out to Ambergris Caye to spend the rest of our time on the island. This place was almost just as ghetto, but it was directed a little more towards tourists so it wasn't as bad. The island had a really simple lifestyle to it. The motto was no shirts no shoes no problem. In Ambergris we were there to scubadive and snorkel, so thats what we did. Unfortunately the Scuba was pretty disappointing. We have heard that it is some of the best diving in the world, so that is why we went, but the visibility was bad and there was hardly any marine life. In fact the best dive wasn't even a dive at all. It was snorkeling in shark ray alley. There we petted some nurse sharks, and tried to avoid the spear of the manta rays while playing with them.


The food there was interesting, everything is served with beans and rice and you have to put hot sauce on it to get the full flavor. Cody and everyone else loved the food, but Tennille wasn't to fond of it. Although Tennille was the first one to try gibnut (we found out that gibnut is a cousin of a rat) so that could have something to do with it.
We found one place called Waraguma's that had great food and we ate there at least once a day if not twice. One of the specialties is a Papusa, which is like a meat filled pancake... Yummy!





We will post the rest of the pics later. But we have a contest for everyone.

Whoever can come up with the best caption for this pic of Jason,Cody,and Brandon get a trip to Belize!