Oops, I'm in Belize!

Hey everyone!

I am writing to you all from Belize! I was lucky enough to come here on a study abroad trip through my university, and holy cow is it beautiful here!

We are coming to the end of our third day of the trip, we have experienced so much more than I could ever have hoped or imagined for! Here is a quick run down: 

Day 1/Sunday (AKA Selfie-Sunday):

     Hiked around the temples of Xunantunich (Shu-nan-too-neek) with our awesome guide Eric! After our tour we had lunch at a park, and proceeded to a second location where we went tubing down a river through caves! All if it was do much fun, and I love that we are exercising every day!

     We also got to do a little bit of shopping at some stands on our way back from Xunantunich where I bought a jersey hammock, and I can't wait to try it out! 

Day 2/Monday (AKA Frumpday):

     Monday was a very, VERY early day. We started breakfast at 5:45 a.m. so that we could get on the road as early as possible. We went through customs in Guatemala and headed towards Tikahl, for another long day of hiking (5 hours if you're curious), followed by lunch and then and hour and a half of amazing zip-lining fun!
     On our way back to the boarder we stopped at this little gift shop that had these amazingly adorable boots. So, of course, I bought a pair as did Piper, so now we have matching shoes and hammocks! 

Day 3/Tuesday (I...have no creative name for today...sorry guys):

     Today we got to to sleep in the most so far on the trip - breakfast was at 7:30! Not very many of us were impressed though, with all this hiking we have all been super exausted and have been craving more sleep. While the rides in the vans are usually pretty long, the roads here are so bumpy and filled with potholes, it's impossible to sleep during the drives.

     Today though, it was a little different. Of course, one of the vans had to break down half an hour before we got to our destination. None the less, Piper and I kept ourselves entertained by hiking further down the road where we found a horseback riding trail. Once the van was fixed we were off to Rio Frio Caves. We hiked for just over an hour and a half through the rainforest to this GIANT, awesome cave, with a pretty river flowing through it. Afterwards we drive a little bit to a beautiful waterfall where the group went cliff jumping and swimming. Oh. My. Gosh, was that fun!! I got so many awesome shots of everyone jumping, swimming and posing! I can't wait to upload them to my Mac and edit them!

That's all for tonight guys! Thanks for reading about my life, haha! 

:) Anna