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e were sad to leave all of our company, but we were happy to find our car neither stolen, nor eaten by the ferocious watch dogs. We made the short drive up to Orange Walk (seriously, who names these cities, a two year old). The town is nothing more than, well, nothing. We struggled to find a place to eat, as most everything was closed. The following day we signed up for a trip up a river to see one of the largest Mayan ruins at Lamanai
. The boat left early and we didn´t even think to take a rain coat. Well it ended up being pretty much a canoe with a motor, and when it started raining, we were lucky to have two poor people in front of us, blocking most of the rain. It only rained for a short while, and the boat ride was extremely beautiful, and we got to see a lot of wildlife, including, iguanas, spider monkeys, crocodiles, birds (does anyone really pay attention to the different kinds of birds? Luke?), and a cactus that grows on trees
. We had a short tour of the site, including a strenuous climb up one of the temples, actually using a rope
. The view from atop was breathtaking, mainly cause it was nauseatingly hot, but also beautiful
. After listening to our guides speak Creole to each other (farty tons), we headed back through another small rain storm and back to the fascinatingly boring town of Orange Walk (seriously the name of a town)
. We decided to hit the road and try and get to Mexico before the sun went down. We made it to the border fine and everything was going well, until we found out the customs office was closed. We had to stay at the border town and come back in the morning to get our importation for the car. However, we are glad to be on our last country, and only a short way from home. 
¡VIVA MEXIC
O
!
e were sad to leave all of our company, but we were happy to find our car neither stolen, nor eaten by the ferocious watch dogs. We made the short drive up to Orange Walk (seriously, who names these cities, a two year old). The town is nothing more than, well, nothing. We struggled to find a place to eat, as most everything was closed. The following day we signed up for a trip up a river to see one of the largest Mayan ruins at Lamanai
. The boat left early and we didn´t even think to take a rain coat. Well it ended up being pretty much a canoe with a motor, and when it started raining, we were lucky to have two poor people in front of us, blocking most of the rain. It only rained for a short while, and the boat ride was extremely beautiful, and we got to see a lot of wildlife, including, iguanas, spider monkeys, crocodiles, birds (does anyone really pay attention to the different kinds of birds? Luke?), and a cactus that grows on trees
. We had a short tour of the site, including a strenuous climb up one of the temples, actually using a rope
. The view from atop was breathtaking, mainly cause it was nauseatingly hot, but also beautiful
. After listening to our guides speak Creole to each other (farty tons), we headed back through another small rain storm and back to the fascinatingly boring town of Orange Walk (seriously the name of a town)
. We decided to hit the road and try and get to Mexico before the sun went down. We made it to the border fine and everything was going well, until we found out the customs office was closed. We had to stay at the border town and come back in the morning to get our importation for the car. However, we are glad to be on our last country, and only a short way from home. 
¡VIVA MEXIC
O
!
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