Though I have little idea of what the next chapter in my life will hold, I'm beginning to feel this segment coming to an end.

I gave myself until September of this year to be here without thinking ahead too much. (Something I am obsessed with usually. I LOVE thinking ahead.)

So this weekend my close friends and my sweetie and I all took a trip inland to the Cayo districts of Belize for a little jungle fun.

In the nine months I've been here I rarely leave the island and have yet to spend much time inland ever. We had a really nice trip and tried hard to see as many things as we could without overheating.
Much of the time was spent zooming around dirt roads to get to hidden lagoons. This picture was taken when we passed through what seemed to be a Menanite Valley complete with all the wild images you would expect from an 17th century lifestyle.

Sooo many cool pictures where missed as we drove past their villages. But the people feel it takes their soul if you take pictures. How then could I roll up on them and snatch it up. But man it was hard. One young fellow had some kind of ancient scooter type mobile he was headed up the hill on with his straw hat and suspenders. The whole time blaring dance hall from our very 21st century vehicle and trying to stop our Rasta friends from hollering at them out the window. Things like- "EH! Mon me gat a lee niyce dentist fer yu." (picture me cringing from the backseat while trying to hide my camera.)
There's simply no such thing as "politically correct" here. The wide array or races and people here still stirs a frenzy of curiosities and commentary from all parties. We drove, we swam, we ate and ate and ate...
I now feel like at least I have some new places and memories off this little island to keep in my lifetime bag.

Not knowing what's around the bend comes much easier when the path feels good.

Oh! And I guess silly American me. I sort of thought Toucans only existed in post cards or something. This little guy was a friendly visitor at our dinner table near the Cayo river. They say she's expecting hatchlings.
This little fairy thing is growing up right in the Mayan rivers complete with rope swings and lagoons. What a life indeed!