Sweet Moments in Belize

ROADSIDE FRUIT.

ROADSIDE COCONUT WATER. Once when we were hungry, Tjnals (our bus driver) took a hatchet and several of us followed him to a coconut tree. He chopped some open and at first we were sharing them, but Tjnals kept hacking down coconuts like there was a limitless supply. By the end we were so full of coconut water, we thought we would burst.

JETSKIING IN THE BACALAR LAGOON.

Drinking milk still warm and foamy from the cow. Something my dad always talked about, and now I finally got to try.




SNORKELING IN THE CARIBBEAN. A Creole man and his son swam with us. He caught a live fish and put it in my hands.


LAUGHING TOO HARD. Pavel was filming an interview for his documentary one day, when Erwin and I thought it would be funny if we started arm wrestling in the background. So without saying a word, we casually placed ourselves about 10 feet behind the interviewee, and started arm wrestling. As though it was the most natural thing in the world to do. Something about the moment - maybe the way Erwin was laughing - but I laughed so hard I peed my pants.

WORSHIPPING GOD IN A MAYAN CAVE. We were deep into the cave with our canoes, when we turned off our flashlights and sat in total darkness. For several minutes, we sat in silence. Then someone began to sing "Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott," and slowly everyone joined in.