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Viper Rum

Viper Rum

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Hehehe… Kevin just posted a good post on what this is all about… Be afraid! 😉

Holidays in Belize

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Ok.. I FINALLY got around to posting the pictures from our belize trip… If you’d like to look at the full gallery in order you can check them out here. I’m working on a nice gallery too but thats taking longer – i’ll let you know when its there..

So about the trip.. Well with Kevin down in Central America for 5 months (4 more now) we had to find something to do for the holidays down there. Given that and the fact that I really needed to get away and relax we decided to do another diving trip. So Belize it was. I booked another trip on an Aggressor boat to spend a week diving and hanging out in the sunshine and then I stretched it for another 3 days on land so we could spend New Years together in Belize.

The dive trip was fantastic just like the last one we were on. The people on the boat were all a lot of fun. There were people from all over the place – A woman from england, another from NYC, a family from Japan, another family from St. Louis, and another couple from North Carolina – and the crew was great to boot.. We trolled around the Atols off the coast of Belize and dove at a bunch of cool sites.. Lots of cool reefs and sea life – saw Turtles, sharks, rays, fish and other cool stuff.. We even got to dive the Blue Hole which was kinda interesting…

At the end of the dive trip they gave us a day on land (have to leave time between diving and flying so you don’t explode or something ;)) so Kevin and I and two of the ladies went to the Belize Zoo which was SUPER COOL. This zoo is much more of a wildlife preserve than a concrete jungle like the ones here. The animals are rescued and live in fairly natural habitats.. And they have cool stuff – Pumas, Jaguars, Monkeys, Tapirs, Snakes, and other stuff..

After we said good by to our dive friends Kevin and I checked into the Great House hotel in belize city. Our plan was to spend 3 nights in Belize City and take day trips to cool places. Well, as some friends warned us, Belize City isn’t so hot. We spent an afternoon exploring and decided to get the hell out of there. The Great House hotel was actually very nice – but its surrounded by not so hot. So we went back to the room and booked a trip out for the next morning.

So the next morning we were picked up by a driver from the Maruba Resort to take us to to their spa in the Jungle. The drive was super interesting and the Resort was GREAT… Really cool jungle resort that reminded us of the place we stayed at in Tahiti.

After we got settled in on New Years eve they took us on a private tour of Altun Ha with a great tour guide. Altun ha is a cool old Myan Ruin which was facinating.. Then when we got back we both got mud Massages which was SO NICE…

New Years eve was cool though mellow – the resort had a little party with a band and decorations. The cocktails were also generous. I even tried something called Viper rum which is made with a real snake in the bottle – shit was NASTY but I at least tried it. Unfortunately I was bushed so we went back and popped in a movie to kill time till midnight – and, surprise surprise, I fell asleep..

New years day was TOTALLY lazy.. We spent the day eating and hanging out by the pool.. End of the day I got another massage and kevin got a wierd Mud / Honey / Seaweed wrap thing… Overall this resort was fantastic – the ONLY negative thingI have to say about it was the mosquitos – they were everywhere and ate us alive..

So thats the run down.. Very different kind of holiday without family aside from each other – but still VERY Nice. Was particularly harsh coming back to reality…

Happy New Year everyone… Now back to work! 🙁

Goofy Pair

Goofy Pair

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While Kevin and I were out in Gettysburg my dad spent some time taking pictures of us… There were a LOT of really good ones of both of us but this one made me laugh out loud so I had to share… I’ll talk to him about posting more (he took them so they’re not really mine to post)

Too much of a good thing

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So it seems a little snow on Christmas isn’t always a good thing… Especially when its a LOT OF FUCKING SNOW… Sadly my Sister and her Fiance are trapped in denver in the blizzard from hell… They sent along a bunch of pix from their apartment of the snow and it looks just crazy. As a result it looks like their flights home for christmas have been cancled which REALLY sucks… So if you’re in denver and can swing by and give her a hug or a fruitcake I’d really appreciate it… 🙂

Progress

Oven Wall

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So this remodel is still making me a little bit nuts but i’m starting to see progress… The oven wall went up late last week and they ran the electrical yesterday so we now are ready to drop the appliances in… And… they hooked up the new spiffy fridge… Glass door sub zero fridge which is SUPER cool – little small and the glass door will force us to be a little more tidy about whats in the fridge but DAMN it looks cool… Convection microwave is hooked up too… So its starting to get livable – at least for a bachelor.. No oven or sink yet but least there is a place to put leftover takeout!… Perfect for my working weekends! wee ha!

Oh my god…

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Check it out…Kevin has mastered the art of Flickr and has started posting a bunch of pictures from his trip… So now i’m living vicariously through him and i’m crazy jealous – looks so damn fun… Cute town… Cool hikes.. technicolor churches… and Jerry Blank… who’d a thunk!