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The Pope Wears Prada

Tuesday, November 22nd, 2005

In order to get my news fix last night I was subjected to CNN, where I learnt that the Pope wears Prada! The insight into this revelation was provided by an ‘expert’ who said that while the Pope may well wear Prada, he probably doesn’t realise it. Well fuck me sideways, I’m glad I tuned in.

I shouldn’t take the piss really as at least it must mean that all the war, famine and general injustice in the world has ended, and there’s nothing left to show on the news except what the head of the Roman Catholic church wears on his feet.

OK, rant over, I got up early today (well early for me – might explain the rant) and went up to the local Mayan temple ruins, Xunantunich. After a river crossing on a hand-cranked ferry, followed by the kind offer of a lift up the hill by the local army (!) we reached the site before any other tourists. I’ve being feeling ruined-out after Mexico but today was a beautiful day, the site was quiet and without having to follow a tour guide round in a big group of people I found it quite enjoyable.

Sunrise over Xunantunich
Sunrise over Xunantunich main temple

On return to the ranch I had a wander around the butterfly enclosure here, just had my first proper cup of tea since leaving Blighty and am now off to discover the joys of frisbee golf, whatever that is.

Butterfly Farm
Ciproeta Stelenes, apparently

The Pope wears Prada, I wear flip-flops; who gives a flying monkey spunk!

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The Monkeys Arse

Monday, November 21st, 2005

Just added some images to the previous entries so scroll back down to check them out.

After the celebration day in Hopkins, myself and travel companion for the last week Laurie, went to the bus stop with conflicting info on whether their was a bus out of town or not. We didn’t get up in time for the 8am bus (guess who’s fault that was!) so we went down to sit and wait on the edge of town. We had very little money (I only had the bus fair) so we had no choice but to get to a place with a cashpoint. Eventually we realized there were no more buses running (it’s a Sunday thing) so we hitched a lift in the back of a pickup which took us straight to Dangriga, what a result!

Dangriga had little to offer other than a place to stay and an ATM, but that was fine.

The next day we parted company as Laurie was headed to Belize City and the nearby baboon sanctuary. I couldn’t face watching those red-arsed monkeys picking each others swollen behinds so I’ve headed to a place 6 miles west of San Ignacio near the Guatemalan border. It’s a butterfly farm/nature centre with a lodging place called Trek Stop, set in the jungle with wooden cabins, free internet, great food, a video library and excellent hospitality – it’s amazing what you find in the jungle.

Sunset from Trek Stop
Sunset from Trek Stop

Tomorrow’s another day and I’m going to go for a trek up to the local Mayan ruins to see if I’m over the ruin overload, or not.

I’ll try to post more photos in the next day or two. Let me know if you like them or whether they’re just taking too long to load and becoming a pain in the monkeys arse.

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