{"id":314,"date":"2012-03-19T10:09:41","date_gmt":"2012-03-19T17:09:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/derekrak.com\/travel\/?p=314"},"modified":"2023-02-16T09:26:25","modified_gmt":"2023-02-15T22:26:25","slug":"heavenly-chocolate-mayan-ruins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/derekrak.com\/travel\/heavenly-chocolate-mayan-ruins","title":{"rendered":"Heavenly Chocolate & Mayan Ruins"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our adventure with Belize began on a cold December evening as we waved goodbye to Seattle and boarded our plane.<\/p>\n

Flight to Miami was pretty uneventful aside from Zo\u00eb being cranky, but that was to be expected from a 12-month baby during an overnight trip. But the short flight to Belize City was a treat as we were put in Business class and enjoyed grand food and free drinks \ud83d\ude00 Well, Derek did as Kama was (and still is at the time of writing) pregnant with Aidan.<\/p>\n

We landed in Belize City and boarder a small, 12 or so passengers plane to Punta Gorda. The runway was perhaps 300 yards long, but it didn’t seem to be a problem to the pilot, though it did look a bit scary to us.<\/p>\n

We spent the days in Punta Gorda eating, exploring the city & market and visiting Mayan ruins and cocoa plantation with Chris’ family who came in a van a few days after our arrival. We even managed to grind our own chocolate (HARD work I tell you) and everyone, including Zo\u00eb, got to taste it.<\/p>\n

And, if someone from Chris’ family reads it – I’ve included a photo of one stinky dog, who sent the whole family running to take shelter at home. Hope you remember the dog who just wanted to be friendly \ud83d\ude00 .. LOL<\/p>\n

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