a quick update

I am once again being pressured to contribute to this blog. With 6 minutes left of internet time, I{ll see what I can do. And in case this hasn{t been mentioned already, the Spanish keyboards are hard to use and I can{t get all of the characters to work.

First, to answer Andy{s question, yes, we have been to a seedier bar than the Jazz - it was simply called Discoteque, and was the only bar open in Orange Walk, which is why we went. Not that the neon lights from the street weren{t enough to draw us in. Our flip flops stuck to the floor, Janelle and I were asked by all 5 of the locals in the bar to dance, and the music was really crappy 90{s nu-metal type of stuff. On the way out, after drinking a beer as quickly as possible, we passed by a couple woman entering the bar who were arguing and trying to pick a fight. Rass!

We{ve seen some pretty awesome wildlife so far, including howler monkeys in the jungle surrounding the Mayan ruins of Lamanai. They{re kind of hard to describe. They didn{t howl as I expected them to, at all. They{re actually really ferocious sounding - kind of like a dog with bronchitis growling in a microphone with something covering it{s mouth to make it sound muffled. Make sense?

Time{s up.

Julia