Easter in the rainforest!

So yes.... we admit it. We are big liars! We have not been updating like we promised. But we WILL try more! Anyway.... enough verbal self flagellation.

Keri and I took off back down south for Easter and spent the weekend hiking some more of the trails at Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary. You guys will remember we went there with Amy and were so impressed we wanted to come back and see some more. We stayed at the dorms they have available and were entertained at night by the little mouse trying to get at our raisins & peanuts. Little bastard got to them once when I forgot to seal the container and then spent the rest of our trip like some cartoon character trying to sneak around us. But I was not going to play "Sylvester" and he certainly was no "Speedy Gonzales" so I was able to foil his attempts.

The highlight of the trip was our hike up the Ben's Bluff trail. At the top you get a panoramic view of Victoria's Peak, the highest peak in Belize. Some other PCV's hiked Victoria's a few months after our trip and it tore them up. Keri & I were quite happy just looking!

We spent he rest of our time hiking around the Sanctuary and trying not to get lost. Can you believe we came across another Fer de Lance?!?! We were walking down a trail near the river and right in the middle of the trail, here he comes right toward us! They are supposed to be pretty hard to find and somehow we have seen them both times at the Sanctuary. Anyway, other than that excitement, we had a pretty good time. We actually met some folks from Australia who were on vacation as well as a nice couple from the UK who were doing the same. We had some great chats with them in the evenings and gave them a little advice on traveling around Belize. We hope it was good advice!

And yes.... that's Peeps candy Keri has at the top. We snacked on them while waiting for the bus back!