We spent the day horseback riding, working at the school, and taking a last few dips in the beautiful Chan Chich pool. After Colleen and I got a big-girls-only ride through the jungle with Emil to witness the devastation of Hurricane Richard, we all piled into the trucks and headed up some “sketchy” (to use a Brooks kid word) roads to the top of the upper escarpment, a huge rock promontory that soars over the jungle and allows a 360-degree view of the property, with the Guatemalan border in view. As we came up out of the jungle onto the rock plateau – and we couldn’t have scripted it better – a double rainbow appeared, leaving everyone squealing and clamoring for cameras. We had a variety of astounding views of the phenomenon over the next hour as we moved back down to civilization, and when we entered the open space that is Gallon Jug proper, it became clear that the rainbow ended right at the Bowens' house. "OMG!! There's not pot of gold at the end of the rainbow! It's a basket of puppies...!!" squealed one clever passenger.
The village soccer game was canceled due to unseasonal rain, so Zander met us fetched us over to their house for a delicious feast with the Millers (conservation scientists from last night who have Matt all revved up trying to think about how to design an affordable camera trap for their animal counts) and the teachers from the school. We sat on their new deck and enjoyed the food, the sunset and the company during our last night in Gallon Jug. The kids enjoyed playing with the puppies some more, hanging out with the Bowen kids (Ace, 7, and Liza, 5), and even a little bit of Wii before the party started.
Due to some false advertising from the Trinidadian company Zander gets his cable from, we didn’t get to see anything but the last scene of Glee, but the students were remarkably resilient. I’m thankful for their brave sacrifice. I think we can watch it on Hulu in San Pedro tomorrow, if need be …
We just dropped them at the barn to do their last bit of laundry, pack up and be ready to roll around 8:30 tomorrow. Certainly Rita and Duna will have something delicious and some warm tortillas to get us going in the a.m., and we’ll find our way unescorted back through the jungle to Belize city – to the water taxi and our next adventure. Probably no update tomorrow as it’s a long travel day, but soon …
Hasta luego from the most beautiful place on earth …
really enjoyed the zipline!
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