Back to the real world....
thought i would post an e-mail to some friends that i made while I was in Belize
!HOLA!
How goes it my friends? I trust the trip back to civilization went well. my journey back could not have gone any better...with the exception of customs hassles, a confiscated torch lighter,(which I had bummed from the tropica bar and had not given back) and a crying baby on the final flight into Philadelphia.
Did you have to take your shoes off at Belize Int'l ?
Cindy was coming into the airport right when i was preparing to exit so the timing was excellent there...I took the whole next day to....
"decompress".... doing little to nothing as I equalized myself back into my real life. ( I know...I'm subconsciously using diving jargon here) : ) I slowly and with no real plan began to unpack. this process took about a day and a half. The only discrepancy was the discovery of a broken coffee mug that i brought back as a souvenier. Those baggage handlers must've WHIPPED my shit around cuz I wrapped all of my booty pretty carefully with layers and layers of dirty laundry. Fortunately, the One Barrel and the cashew
wine went through the ordeal virtually unscathed.
So...Anyway, I just wanted to let you guys know how nice it was for me to have some folks from "back home" to pal around with and allow me to have this shared experience. From the steps of Xunantunich to the cool, clear pools of the 5 sisters, the touring that I did with you guys in Cayo will not be soon forgotten. And the manic golf-cart expeditions when we met again on "La Isla Bonita"and San Pedro town....
will remain ingrained for quite a while. (Wendy....you are the golf-cartinest Gringa I'll ever know
And Ryan....it would've been great if you guys could've joined me on my dive trips to the local reef and the Blue hole and Half-Moon Caye. Perhaps the bug I put in your ear about the otherworldly grandeur of the underwater realm will inspire you to get certified there in Las Vegas and we could dive at another time in our lives. The Blue Hole Experience and the reef dives literally changed me as a human being and were beyond words...I just hope that when I get my pics back that they will relay just a 16th of what I was going through(which was sheer bliss.)
I will shoot you guys a CD of my land pics within a couple of days. The underwater ones will take a bit longer because they will need to be scanned.
I will now raise my glass of One Barrel and coke - to the Greatness that was my trip to Belize...And to my company that was bestowed.
Cheers!
B.