DuPlooy's

I just want to start off by saying that hammocks are just about the coolest things ever…a couple pillows and a good book and you can nap and read for hours. especially when the music and visuals are provided by none other than mother nature herself…absolutely gorgeous…ryan gave a little insight to our first days travel so I guess I will continue from there…in the morning after breakfast we decided to walk down to the belize river (like 2 min down a little path) and try out some canoeing. Initially we did the traditional married couple split but a little ways up river ryan and I thought we should intervene and save our friends marriage by switching it up a little…Kim with me and dave with ryan…all worked well until the boys decided that instead of hopping out and pulling the canoe through the 6 inch deep rapids they would paddle it out…as kim and I turned to see how they were doing…from the other side of the rapids of course J…they boys got a little tangled up in the trees by the shore and then, well…you know what comes next don’t you? after some giggling…okay, a lot of giggling, we got everyone situated again and learned that the river is definitely boss…it claimed my headlamp (which never returned) soaked my camera, water logged my new book and slipped dave’s wedding ring ever so gently off his finger, ha, ha…apparently plastic bags are the way to go around here and we feel a little silly for leaving them in the room…oh well, live and learn (and get wet) we paddled a little further and pulled off at a place called Macaw bay…walked up the path and ventured into another little home/resort where we met ron…the non-stop talker that educated us about some of the local animals and birds while we drank belikin and stayed out of the rain…we had excellent timing as a mini storm/shower came rolling through and sitting in the little thatch roof hut we stayed dry and happy (especially kim who learned that she really likes single barrel belizian rum) ron and his partner have lived at macaw bay for four years and have taken their piece of property from dense overgrown jungle to spectacularly manicured gardens and walking trails…they also had recently rescued a young toucan that had been pushed out of its nest by its mother (for reasons unknown)…this poor little thing had been attacked by about 40 “bot flies” and would not have survived if the guys hadn’t found it…bot flies are nasty little things that land on you and then lays eggs under your skin growing and living off of YOU…yuck. Anyway this little thing will make it for sure and they hope to have a beautiful bird that will stick close by for years to come…after the rain we headed back to the river and climbed in our canoes…slowly paddled back downstream and took some nice cool showers before dinner…all in all, a superb day, but then why wouldn’t it be…the jungle is awesome…”if you have the means, I highly recommend it”…
Till next time…jori