Costa Rica - the next family trip after Mexico was a one-week family fun filled vacation through Costa Rica. We made it through the rain forests down to the pacific coast. The highlights probably being our construction of crab zoos on the beach and zip lining through the rain forest canopy.
Belize - one of my favourite places that I've visited, Belize was beautiful and jam packed with adventures. Starting on Ambergris Cay we spent Christmas snorkeling and swimming and exploring the island via golf cart (which I crashed). Next we settled down in a lodge in the rain forests where dad and I went on a rafting trip. The highlight though was our next stop at Cave's Branch - spending nights in small cabins in the jungle and the days going caving. One day we entered on inner tubes, the next by repelling. We also spent the millennium here listening to a mariachi band on the deck with other guests, including some crazies our parents befriended and had us refer to as uncles. After a day on the coast to the south we decided to return for more caving (encouraged by the escape of a rapist in the area that had our mother a little on edge). Finally we found time for a day trip to Guatemala to see Tikal - the largest ancient mayan ruins. We saw the view of the opening scene of Star Wars here. And Ben and I took this awesome photo - check it out - you need to enlarge it to truly appreciate the timeliness of this shot, and the moral dilemma that went into capturing it.
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