During all the excitement of the trip etc... there are a few reasonably interesting things that happened that I forgot to mention. Here is my chance to catch up.
- On our 45 minute march through the blackness of the jungle of Tikal to the temple for sunrise, we saw a huge spider. It was the size of a small dog. (O.K. about 8 inches across including legs). One of the girls in our group screamed very loudly. The spider ran away, very fightened.
- As we wandered over the border from Belize into Guatemala, there were a large number (about 30) of low-loader trucks lining the streets with US style (i.e. Jeeps and not Land-Rovers) army vehicles on board. None of them seemed to be tanks or cannons or anything - just people movers. The also had no military identification on them at all except the word 'Belize' written in white paint on the front of each. There were no army people in sight - it was all a bit strange really.
- Rather than bore you all with the current state of our insect bites, suffice it to say that the little bastards are pretty much everywhere - it is quite comforting to take Malaria pills each morning. A little less comforting is reading about the other things you can catch from such bites in the Death Book as we have come to call it. Trudi is forbidden from reading unvetted pages, lest she starts worrying too much.
- It appears that Trudi's best friend (I am only her best, straight, male friend - apparently) David; has been moonlighting in San Ignacio - taking all that confidential Sainsbury's knowledge and putting it to use in his own Superstore.
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