The Jungle Maya

On Wednesday we went on a tour called "The Jungle Maya." We were looking for some fun kind of exploring/adventure and this hit the mark. We started the day with some biking (I am pretty sure the bikes were older than we were but fun nonetheless.) We saw a tarantula and stopped to take a picture until it tried to run in McKay's backpack! Ugh... Yuck... I hate spiders. It creeps me out just to think about it. After the bike ride we went on some zip lines. Very fun but so not long enough for McKay.

You can't really tell but McKay is hanging upside down on the zip line. So much for the rule to 'sit up with your legs extended.'

These are the little sticks they gave us to help us brake. McKay never used his.

We repelled down into some caves and went swimming and snorkeling. Kind of a wet/dry/wet/dry kind of day. I am trying to be better about being wet. :) Before we could enter the water we had to be cleansed by a Mayan Priest (who was earlier the guy who helped us on the zip line, apparently Mayans are great multitaskers.) Strange, but we tried to be respectful. The caves were fun but slightly creepy. Definitely kept saying to myself "this is a once in a lifetime experience." One cave we snorkeled in had a ton of bats. I feel the same way about bats as I do about spiders. Plus I kept thinking, I am swimming in bat poop (everybody poops.) We had to have flashlights to see our way through the water. Yes it was cool in a creepy kind of way.

Tarzan and Jane.

After all the fun activities we had an authentic Mayan meal - it was a little too authentic for my taste but when in Rome...