Well, today was a mixed bag off things that come in bags and which would be less royale if they were mixed.
It was an 8-hour trip and we had the choice between mayan ruins on the morning or afternoon, and swimming in a huge river the rest of the time. We elected to do the ruins first, and to cool off swimming later.
I have never been so hot in my life. The tour around the ruins passed through tantalising patches of shade but out guide only paused to lecture us on this building or that ruin when we were all in the full glare of the sun. I fried like a puppy on a car on a hot day with the windows closed (I like this metaphor) and nothing, not even the beautiful vista, could raise my mood.
But then, the river. Envisage a stereotypical white-sand paradise lagoon. Then imagine it surrounded by a mangrove rainforest. Then imagine it where the alcohol and food is free. This is what I experienced this afternoon, snorkelling through crystal clear waters, seeing a giant stingray, swimming very fast away from a giant stingray, etc. Of course, the downfall of super-cold waters on a super-hot day is that you burn, and burn I have. However, thanks to my amazing sun-block, I don’t have tan ffffffuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu.
Not much else to say besides a brief fracca with no one having a room key to get in our rooms, but we soon located one. Dinner, and here I am now. And tomorrow, I sail a catamaran that can carry 40 people
