Being eaten alive in hot and sticky weather

The past two "relax"days have seen more mosquitos then ever before. We took two days off this weekend to visit some Mayan Ruins and the Cerros beach, which had its upsides and downs, too.

The Mayan Ruins were super rad, they had the coolest views from the top and it took some serious climbing and walking to get there. Right when we got into the ruins area, we found some howler monkeys which are unexplainable. They sounded like scary mini gorillas ready for a war... you had to be there. One of the ruins we went to was the highest point in all of Northern Belize, it was wicked up there.

Today, we decided to go to Cerros Beach, which was probably the funniest sight you would ever see. We looked like the biggest tourists in Belize. Apparently Cerros Beach is mosquito heaven, but of course we didn't read that in the guide before hand. We were swatting all the mosquitos with our towels, and we were running around to escape them- there were so many!  We also didn't expect the ocean to be how it was, at about 5 feet in you would sink in gushy, gooey, sticky, slimy, squishy gray clay. It looked something like this: we would all be running into the water trying to throw our clothes off as fast as possible to get in the water to escape the mosquitos, and everyone starts screaming and yelling and making barfing noises when they hit the clay bottom. Hilarious.

The best part? When we got out the mosquitos flocked to us! We stuggled to get dressed as we slapped at every bug near us, as we ran towards the bus to leave as soon as possible.

Now that we are back and showered and clean, its a hilarious memory that puts us in a great mood to stay up and talk to each other as we sit out on our deck, on this perfect, breezy night.