Saturday, July 4, 2015

Hello friends/family/those who actually have internet connection,

This is Cecily and Jordan Rose giving you a summary of day three in the jungle. We made it through night two after a few encounters with scorpions, snakes, spiders, and the many other insects of the wild. Just to fill you in on where they left off yesterday, we learned all about the wonderful uses of plants/trees on the medicinal trail tour. Then we went back in the river where Andy decided to capsize the canoe a few of us were sitting in so that was nice; but despite Jordan's persistent concern we still have not encountered any river monsters (shoutout Animal Planet). After this we returned to our camp where Jordan Rose found a wonderful scorpion in his bed "just waiting to snuggle" (words of Ryan). So after this traumatizing moment we ate dinner which was a spaghetti and meatballs with a Spanish twist (which we all went up for seconds for ((even me mom -Cecily))). Then we mentally prepared ourselves for the night hike. Keep in mind it was completely dark with the exception of our headlamps. Due to our incredible stealthiness we encountered a cute little frog and a not as cute red coffee snake (google it for a wonderful pic) and many of us held/touched this very live snake so that was an experience. We also had a minute of lights off in the middle of the jungle which was half terrorizing half exhilarating.Then we went to sleep (but not until we killed many bugs including massive spiders and scorpions in our cabin) and woke up bright and early this morning for a 6:30 am breakfast. Keep in mind the howler monkeys still made their presence loud and clear at 3:00 am, along with some birds for alarms throughout the night.

We began our voyage to the Actun Tunichil Muknal Cave, where we took a hike through a rivers to the cave and literally dove right into the action. In this cave we climbed, swam, slipped, and shimmied through the water, rocks, stalagmites, and stalactites of the massive cave. Although we thought this may be the end as we reached some Mayan sacrificial sites filled with skeletons and pots, we made our way back through the whole thing with full bladders and damp socks. We had to "do as the Mayans do" and sacrifice one of our own due to persistent complaints of bathroom necessities so I'm sorry to say you won't see Jordan Rose on the 15th #RIP. So after this we had lunch and quickly made our way to a local market where we grabbed some goodies (bananas and some gooey, sour, fruit-like things) and headed over to some Mayan ruins which we don't know the name of as this was added to our agenda last-minute. There were lots of stairs so we got in an additional workout for the day so that was nice. After that we headed back to our camp where we are now keeping you updated and mentally preparing for our final night here.

So yeah here you go were are all alive and well, living the life in the jungle #tarzan. Although this blog post describes many traumatizing experiences I promise you we are having a great time and if you heard our singing on the bus (as we lack music which is a real struggle) you would sense our enjoyment as Ryan appreciated all day. Peace and blessings, xoxo, we out.

PS - you have the power to comment/reply to these posts so feel free to pretend you love us and send some affection/acknowledgement..
PPS - love you mom/dad/logan/nicholas, I promise I'm eating. - Cecily
PPPS - Jordan Rose said "no comment" to the personal message (we didn't actually sacrifice him).

1 comments:

Tammy D'Amore said...

Sounds like you are having quite the adventure so far! Glad to hear you are eating! Can't wait to see more pictures - we miss you!

Tammy D'Amore