So Blogger has made a few upgrades, eh? Retard-proofing. Though blogging never quite had an intelligence pre-requisite to begin with. It is accessible to you even if you are illiterate. I don't know why I think I'm above fads. I hate those freaking yellow wristbands. Great, you made a $5 donation. Congrats. Now you get to wear a bright yellow wristband like an asylum escapee. I know, I know - it is all for the children.

Belize was cool. I got to go diving and things in the Blue Hole which is so blue you just won't believe it. I'm telling you, the colour simply doesn't exist. Also went tubing through some caves, which scared the crap out of me because it was pitch black and I have this inconquerable phobia of dark water. I can't even sit in a car at the beach at night. Not that I do those sorts of things, but you know, the idea doesn't sit with me.. sitting in a car staring at the ocean at night. It is just freaky. Ocean during the day is enough to send chills up my spine. You just don't know what's there. Well the really scary part is that you have a fairly good idea of what's there and it's ugly and with big teeth. You can imagine my favourite part of the trip was kayaking out at night and snorkelling around. Fuck that, never again.

The bastards at Houston International insisted that I take my film out of the XRay proof bag and that my film would not get ruined by the machines despite the warnings posted on every inch of wall space. I insisted that he check my film and camera manually. He insisted more, and with a badge. My name is distinctly Arab. I put it on the belt and lost about eight of my sixteen rolls. But here are some of the survivors, no particular order... just pictures. I'll post them with stories if I can be arsed later on.

Mayan ruins in Tikal, Guatemala. This rainforest has had about 700 years to cover a spread of yet to be excavated temples and palaces.

spider monkey

Elderly Mayan couple minutes before said

monkey unleashes some monkey rain.

Okay fast forward a 2 hour bus ride and a 45 min water taxi to an island 650m across.













Sunrise on Caye Caulker, Belize. ... And sunset (kind of).













Nothing like a fast-approaching tropical storm to set the mood for a day of diving. First time in my life I could make out streams of rain in the distance. Do you see it? It's called 'white rain'. We were able to enjoy some lovely sun during our time on the water, but were caught on the way back in. Visibility is reduced to about 6 metres.. the contrast of the grey-white rain and fog and the bright turquoise water is indescribable. Nevermind the loss of direction, were joined by a lovely family of wild dolphins. Idiot Aussies had to make their mark: "Feed them some sardines!"

More to come later on.

Okay this formatting worked when I was on the idiot-proof page. I'm blaming blogger. Good luck.