WE ARE HOME!

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We arrived safely last night at about 11:30 pm after starting out from Guatemala City waking up at 4:30 am to get to the airport. We are excited to be home and it must not have been too bad for Rose because she is already planning our next trip for next summer. She wants to get backpacks and do El Salvador, Honduras and Costa Rica. Wow, I'm still tired from Belize and Guatemala. Thanks for following our blog! Hope you like the photos.

Semuc Champey

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We went to some limestone pools called Semuc Champey a few days ago. When we got there we had to make about 3K up a mountain to get to the mirador (lookout) to take some great photos of the river and the pools. The river rushes down under the limestone pools. After we went swimming the guides pulled out a rope and said we were going to swim through all of the pools and then use the rope to climb through a waterfall into the cave where the river comes out. Well there were about 30 people for 2 guides and needless to say we didn't do that, but those that did said it was pretty cool. There were lots of little (and big) river fish, so Rose didn't really want to go swimming. It rained while we climbed up the lookout so the trail was all muddy and we got pretty dirty (more me than Rose) as I looked like I had been rolling in mud. It was a lond day, but they were beautiful. --Mom and Rose