Blue

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After being on Caye Caulker last weekend, it seems that most tourists bound for Belize are actually only bound for Caye Caulker.... when telling people on the island the I was living in Belmopan for five months, all I got was blank stares. Now, I know this isnt the most exciting or happening city on the planet or anything, but I kinda think that If your venturing to a whole new country, you should at least know what the capital city is, right? maybe? It just kind of blew me away that almost know one (other than the locals, of course) knew what I ment when i said the word "Belmopan".
Anyways, I have totally embraced this sleepy little town, and love being apart of it. From the 'tortilla man' who rides around town on his bicycle all day selling fresh and hot tortillas, to the way this university town is absolutly deserted on weekends (I don't mind, I leave too!). It's all great in a funny kind of way, and I strongly suggest to anyone who is thinking of coming to Belize to absolutly check out the capital, which officially has the title of being 'the smallest capital inthe world'. You would still have an amazing trip and go on just fine if you did not, but I can ganantee that you would miss out on an unforgettable memory you will cherish forever.
Theres all sorts of near by researves and national parks within close proximity to the city to check out, too. Yesterday Danielle, Jon, Mish (yay, she finally got here!!!), and I hoped on the bus after our first calss and headed back to the St. Hermans Blue hole national park. We got there a lot earlier than last time, and headed straight to the blue hole. It was incredible walking down the uneven little stairs towards the incredibly still water. The hole was abotu 15m2 and filled with the clearest, camlest water I have ever seen. You could see small fish swimming around in it, and on the furthest side...was the blue hole. All you could see was blue nothingness. While we were there we heard a story about a diver entering the hole and never comign back up, but ending up in another cave system a ways away. Its kind of scary thinking about this story while swimming over the blue hole, which does seem to have a slight current to it. We also vuntured to the side of the hole down the little river into another hug cave. Danielle and Jon swam into the pitch black a bit with their camera and got a couple shots. This made the sleeping bats stir, and as we dont have a rabies shots, we thought it might be a good idea to leave the bats alone. We took the large amount of school kids pilling out of a bus as our que to leave, and continued exploring through the jungle. Although our bird watching skills didn't pull through for us to spot a Tucan, we heard many beautiful jungle noises, saw endless beautiful flowers, trees, and vines, and smelt so many beautiful fresh smells. It felt cleansing just to walk through this forest, and breath in its air. After finishing our explorations through the jungle and the cave, we found our stomachs telling us it was time to head back to town to eat. Which we did at our beloved Ice Point fast food place. A day with flapper jacks and fresh fruit smoothies, is always a good day 😊

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