standing on a Mayan pyramid, getting freaked out by an 8" whip scorpion at close range, meeting random Belize Defense Force soldiers in a machine gun nest out in the middle of the jungle (apparently "policing" the area for banditos from Guademala...), and seeing a Macaw.

I'm continuing to have fun here. It rains a lot, but that's OK. The caves are amazing as is the wildlife. I'm also having quite a bit of wonderful food, though nothing too exotic (the cook that the project hired for us is just the woman who lives across the street, and she makes stuff like rice & beans, but makes it really well. Tonight we had chicken soup with macal. Yum).

The team is fun and spirits are high, despite the daily commute of 50 miles on bumpy dirt roads through the jungle in the rain and the fact that there are six of us in a 2-seat pickup truck. Adventure factor high.