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Wednesday, December 5, 2012

{Roatan}

Our next stop was Roatan, Honduras. We decided to head to Gumbalimba Park. Our first adventure was to go on the zipline. Since the cute little Evette was too cute and too little to do the zipline she joined Megan and I in the park while the rest of the family went down the zipline. This was a big zipline with lots of stops- took like 30-40 minutes to go down it. After the family was done then Maggie and I handed off the Babbs and went for our turn on the zipline.
We were so lucky because we were with a small group - just us and one other couple so we got lots of attention. We also got to do tricks like the superman:
and we also got to ride upside-down for a little bit like this guy:
It was awesome!!!!!

After ziplining we went snorkeling. I'm not going to lie - this was pretty scary for me. We swam out to the reefs instead of taking a boat and it freaked me out to be that far away from the beach with nothing but a tiny little life jacket. We did have a guide with a lifesaver but it was still pretty crazy.
Grandma Kristen volunteered for Evette duty. They played in the sand and in the water. Evette found a dinglehopper in the ocean - what a little mermaid. We saved it as a memento. 




Once we got in from snorkeling we took Evette out in the water for a swim. She absolutely loved it!

We grabbed some lunch.....
and then went to go look at the wildlife! Evette, Megan, and I saw all of this while the rest of the family was on the zipline but we were more than happy to go back and do it again. Evette wasn't too thrilled when we went to go see the monkeys, especially since one of them pulled her hair, but after time she got more used to them.







She mostly like playing with rocks.






That day was pretty draining. Evette slept the majority of the way back to the cruise ship.

Roatan was, in my humble opinion, the most beautiful stop we made!

{Belize}

Our next stop was Belize. We did Mayan ruins again. But this time, we drove for a bit and then took a boat down the river to the ruins.
It was beautiful!


Also, we wanted to feed a monkey a banana
He was getting closer!
He took it from my hand!
I wanted to touch his tail
That was not a brilliant idea
He hated that idea.
He almost jumped in the boat and devoured us. We barely escaped.
anyways...
it was beautiful! we saw all sorts of wildlife...

Evette was so tired she was super upset.
and didn't enjoy the ride
She eventually fell asleep and life got a lot better for everyone on the boat.

We got a private tour this time and our tour guides were awesome! Love those guys - they made this trip amazing. Before we headed to the pyramids we got a delicious authentic meal that was similar to the one the day before. I love good food.









Climbing again....
It was so steep!!

Made it! happy dance....
One of our tour guides....
such cool roots...

For the ride back we bought this Coke. Evette never had a soda before in her life....until this point. She absolutely loved it. I guess for your first soda you better go all out and get a real one with real sugar. It was seriously amazing and baby girl thought so, too [no worries friends - she had like 2 swigs....Sean and I drank the rest of it.]

Also, Evette discovered a new game. She figured out that if she threw her arms up in the air then everyone else on the boat would do the same thing. She loved it!



Loved Belize