Pictures, pictures, and more pictures!!!

I think I have the majority, if not all of my pictures online at this point. Unfortunately, the majority of the shots taken with my underwater cameras turned out pretty poor. The things taken with my digital camera, however, turned out excellent. This trip alone made it worth the $70 purchase from woot.

Without further delay, here are the links to my photo albums on flickr:
9-07-08 pictures
9-08-08 pictures (cave tubing)
9-09-08 pictures (Actun Tunichil Muknal cave, most turned out crappy)
9-10-08 pictures (Tikal)
9-10-08 pictures (Trek Stop Butterfly Garden)
9-11-08 pictures (Belize Zoo + water taxi ride to San Pedro from Belize City)
9-13-08 pictures (Mostly horrible snorkeling pictures that didn't turn out well)
9-14-08 pictures (Mostly wasting the last shots on my waterproof camera)

Adam had a few disposable cameras as well, and when he gets those developed, I will likely add them to their respective dates of my photo sets. I also have a number of videos still to upload to youtube and post here.

There are plenty of more updates to come still!!!

Ryan

Trek Stop vs. Belizian Shores video tours

Interested in comparing the two places we stayed while in Belize??? Here are a couple of videos to show you how we lived this week.

The Trek Stop (4 nights):


Belizian Shores (3 nights):

The trip is over, the blog is just beginning!!!

I AM HOME!!! Though this experience was absolutely out of this world, it feels good to be home after 8 days as well.

Even though the trip is over, there is plenty more to come for the blog. I kept a written journal that I plan to transcribe to the blog here, as well as close to 300 pictures and videos to share with you all from the trip. I'm actually about to head to Target now to get my three waterproof cameras developed, then I'll head back home and start uploading the digital stuff.

(Most likely not so...) Fun fact: Do you know what the title of this blog entry is parody from??? Of course you don't ;) Here's some links to a couple of commercials that will show you though:
Commercial 1
Commercial 2
Commercial 3
Commercial 4

Alright, time to get some pictures developed. You'll likely get at least one more update tonight with some pictures.

Until then,

Ryan

Hello from Miami, Fl

Well, Houston flights were officially canceled, so we made a good bet on going with American Airlines through Miami. I'm in the hotel lobby of the Red Roof Inn at the moment, and paid a few bucks to check my email on a public terminal here. My flight tomorrow is at 11:15, and I'm hoping to be home by 3:30 - 4:00pm. I'll update everyone when I get home. I'm pretty beat now though, so am heading back to my room.

I hope all is well with everyone,

Ryan

We have arrived at Belizian Shores!!!

Hey all,

Just checking in to let you know we've made it to destination number 2, Belizian Shores. Compared to Trek Stop, it's a palace. Our room is pretty much a condo, and it's amazing. I took my first real (meaning not from caught rain water, and with actual water pressure) shower today since Sunday, and shaved for the first time since Monday, and I feel great!!! Adam and I met a woman at the pool/bar named Tracey who has been here all week by herself, and has made friends with all the other 20 guests here. A big group is going into town tonight for dinner and drunk karaoke. Naturally, we're joining them.

Let's try again with a couple of pictures from Tikal (FYI, click on the pictures to get much better, higher resolution versions of them):








These are howler monkeys. They were in this tree screaming at monkeys in the tree next to them by the first temple we hiked up (picture 2 is us at the top of said temple).


In other news, I just got an email from Continental saying our flight is likely to be canceled or delayed due to hurricanes in Houston. I have to tell him this when I get back to the room, and we need to figure out what we're going to do.

I'm going to wrap this up though, and get ready for some drunk karaoke!!!

Until next time,

Ryan

Tikal

HELLO BLOG-O-SPHERE!!!

Today is the first day I've been able to post from a real computer instead of my DS, and it's a good day to do so as well. Today Adam and I crossed the border into Guatemala and went on a tour of Tikal, the largest Mayan ruins site in the area. To say this experience was breath-taking simply wouldn't do it justice. We saw some of the most incredible man-made structures I've ever seen in my life, some big enough to rival the Egyptian Pyramids. We also came across some very cool wildlife will in the park, including a couple different types of spiders, and two different types of monkeys (spider and howler). I've been trying to upload a couple photos for about 15 minutes now with no luck, and can't handle it anymore. We're going to go get some dinner now and check out this crazy festival going on in a village up the road called Succotz. I'll try again with some pictures later tonight if I have time. If not, maybe there will be a better internet connection at the Belizian Shores Resort, which we head to tomorrow.

I can't believe the trip is half over. It seems like we just got here.

Until later,

Ryan

A quick update from the jungle

This place is amazing. I'm keeping a written journal that I will transcribe later, but typing on this ds is slow and a pain. Time to shower, then have some fun though!!!

Later,
Ryan