A day to take it easy.......
May. 16th, 2009 06:37 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
osodecanelaEverything hurts this morning. No. Not everything, but enough that it's going to be a day of just hanging and not doing much.
I wore my water shoes yesterday; cave tubing down the Sebud River was on tap for the afternoon. While this pair had proven comfortable in the water, on grass, and on sand (read here flat surfaces), they were not made for what I did with/to them yesterday. This morning my thighs, calves and gluts ache from the muscle exertion (which on one level is actually a good kind of ache); however, my right ankle is not a happy camper and the blister at the base of my left great toe feels like it's the size of a half dollar instead of the dime size it is in reality. It's not as bad as I had expected it to be this morning. Last night, after sitting down for a bit on our return from the mainland, when I stood my ankles, feet and right knee screamed at me in one nasty chorus, "sit your bloody ass back down now, you idiot!"
Mercifully, Tom went out to fetch some supper.
We were out the door at 6 AM on Friday to the dock for the 6:30 water taxi to Belize City. Sitting opposite from us were two young beefy women we recognized from our snorkel/sail excursion on Wed. The were to be our travel partners for the day. They tour company had bundled us to save gas; all of us were going to Xunantunich, the Mayan ruin (aka the "stone maiden") right on the Guatamalan border in Cayo district. It was a short hike up the hill to the ruins, and after seeing all we could see in the central plaza it was time to climb the main temple. I thought the Maya were supposed to be a short people. The steps are both steep and tall. Each are roughly double or more in height of we are used to in the States. The top of the temple is a couple of hundred feet. Definitely not for the feint of heart, nor any acrophobes in your midst. I initially begged off, sending the others on ahead with the tour guides. My right knee cap has been bothering me as of late & I did not want to hold them up. Once they were out of my sight (read that as I was out of theirs), I started my ascent at my own pace, climbing to the 'mezzanine' midway up the pyramid. There the steps became even steeper & as this level circled the temple, giving me access to all 360 degrees of vistas, this semi-acrophobe had gone high enough. Besides, with my knee bothering me the challange was not so much getting up, but down. I waited at that level for my compatriots.
We continued on to a second ruin at Cahal Pech, again up and down steep, excessively tall steps, though not to the heights of the first site. After another hour it was off to get some food and our next adventure.
More to folllow. The iPhone needs charging & I need some coffee.
I wore my water shoes yesterday; cave tubing down the Sebud River was on tap for the afternoon. While this pair had proven comfortable in the water, on grass, and on sand (read here flat surfaces), they were not made for what I did with/to them yesterday. This morning my thighs, calves and gluts ache from the muscle exertion (which on one level is actually a good kind of ache); however, my right ankle is not a happy camper and the blister at the base of my left great toe feels like it's the size of a half dollar instead of the dime size it is in reality. It's not as bad as I had expected it to be this morning. Last night, after sitting down for a bit on our return from the mainland, when I stood my ankles, feet and right knee screamed at me in one nasty chorus, "sit your bloody ass back down now, you idiot!"
Mercifully, Tom went out to fetch some supper.
We were out the door at 6 AM on Friday to the dock for the 6:30 water taxi to Belize City. Sitting opposite from us were two young beefy women we recognized from our snorkel/sail excursion on Wed. The were to be our travel partners for the day. They tour company had bundled us to save gas; all of us were going to Xunantunich, the Mayan ruin (aka the "stone maiden") right on the Guatamalan border in Cayo district. It was a short hike up the hill to the ruins, and after seeing all we could see in the central plaza it was time to climb the main temple. I thought the Maya were supposed to be a short people. The steps are both steep and tall. Each are roughly double or more in height of we are used to in the States. The top of the temple is a couple of hundred feet. Definitely not for the feint of heart, nor any acrophobes in your midst. I initially begged off, sending the others on ahead with the tour guides. My right knee cap has been bothering me as of late & I did not want to hold them up. Once they were out of my sight (read that as I was out of theirs), I started my ascent at my own pace, climbing to the 'mezzanine' midway up the pyramid. There the steps became even steeper & as this level circled the temple, giving me access to all 360 degrees of vistas, this semi-acrophobe had gone high enough. Besides, with my knee bothering me the challange was not so much getting up, but down. I waited at that level for my compatriots.
We continued on to a second ruin at Cahal Pech, again up and down steep, excessively tall steps, though not to the heights of the first site. After another hour it was off to get some food and our next adventure.
More to folllow. The iPhone needs charging & I need some coffee.
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Date: 2009-05-16 09:34 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-05-17 01:09 am (UTC)Sounds like you are having a lovely time! Glad for you!!!!!
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Date: 2009-05-17 04:50 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-05-19 03:06 am (UTC)(Translation absolutely!!) Looking forward to hearing all about it. When I get back we can share pics!