Hi ,

The jungle canopy was calling. We found a place all to ourselves yesterday. It also had a Zip Line!!

I told Declan he would be a superhero in training so he would have little apprehension. Turns out mom was the only one w/ butterfly’s in her stomach.  We all geared up w/ climbing harnesses and helmets, it is exciting and often beautiful. The maze of zip lines took us on 12 separate dangling rides from tree platform to tree platform. Some were 1700 yds long w/ about a 200 foot drop to the jungle floor, good speed ! It’s actually very safe, perhaps not by US amusement park standards but that’s not where we are.

Anna went all by herself the whole time, Layne was able to go all by herself most of the time except when they felt she might not weigh enough and come up a little short. Young Declan hopped on the lap of one of the guys “Harry” I called him. All of us were loving it and we were the only ones in the park, good joss that day. Declan even did the last stage about 250 yds all by himself!! It was classic to see the guide hook him up then grab his little bum and sizzle him down the line like a shot put, he looked tiny but loved it and was very proud of himself and even got a couple reluctant…’ nice going’ Declan from the girls.

Oh , I forgot to mention eagle eye Layne picked out a sloth on the move high up in a tree near us, we also saw a red poison dart frog and Anna was bit by a bullet head Ant which was the size of her pinky finger. She was clearly in pain and boarderline panicked that she had been poisoned by it ? She said it burned then it started to turn all red instantly and hurt! The guide said it will hurt potentially for hours but was not posionous. He was bit on the thumb and his whole hand swelled up and the pain was serious. Fortunately Anna must have got him off before her could really get his choppers into her. By the time we made it back to the taxi she said it wasn’t feeling too bad.

Our next stop was an animal rescue sanctuary. The cutest things there were a pair of baby howler monkeys w/ little diapers on. The kids were in heaven, the monkeys were so playful . After that a dip in ocean at Playa Bonita a nice lunch of rice beans and chicken and it was back to the ship for our last port before Belize .

Hope all is well. Look forward to seeing everyone.

“Sail away w/ me , what will be will be…”  david gray

Capt . John

Out on our first rough day at sea. 6-8 ft and a steady wind, the ship is moving

Latitude- 12’ 01min

Longitude – 82’ 31min

Sea depth 6546 feet (over a 1000 fathoms)

146 miles from the coast of Nicarauga

Over and out