The End of the World? says who

We had a crazy LOUD party last night.  ALL NIGHT.  the Mayans like their end of the world music played very loud.  (must scare the evil spirits?)  The first part - the City / Political stuff was so very very very slow, boring and drawn out it almost put everyone to sleep.  the MC introduced the Mayor, the National Minister of Tourism, and a half dozen other people, including a historian.  the mayor read a 10 minute prepared speech all in Spanish.  the tourism minister was pretty tame and quick thanking everyone he could think of for everything they might have done.  next the historian gave us the history of the Mayan before time began, from then till now...  the biggest rip was the 8pm ceremony didn't start till after 9pm. 

After the speeches the crowd was either getting up to leave or fighting off sleep and boredom.  note: this is a Mayan celebration scheduled to start at 8pm.  what we got was a political performance that ran very late and very long.  (the band - which played following the "culture presentation" was told they would play starting at 9:30pm but they didn't actually get to start till Midnight)

The band played from midnight till 5AM.  This at a hotel shaking explosion of volume. (it was louder in my room than the level i can play the TV at, and the bass could be felt in your chest.)  after awhile i put in earplugs and went to my room and dozed some.  i gave up @ 4:30am and went back down to get some photos of the band and the sunrise.  The closing was a Mayan Ceremony after the band quit.  It was a sunrise service on the beach complete with a priest.  no virgins could be found for an adequate sacrifice.  I know why the Mayans disappeared.  they partied themselves to death!

A good time was had by all.  nobody was injured and no arrests were made.  There was a large police presence around the park to insure things went according to plan.  i am pleased to have had the opportunity to share in the experience.  thanks San Pedro.  i want to thank the Mayor, the City Council and the dance troupe from Corazol....

I have had fun all week.  All my Scuba Dives were great.  the weather has been great.  the food has been better than great.  the people have been friendly, helpful and warm.  I like it here.  *** NOTE:  if you've never been to Belize - you are truly missing something special.

Merry Christmas to all and a Happy New Year!       Xo Skip