Belize - Part 2

I am faring well through my 7-day juicing fast. I haven't been sick at all this time, and I have lots of energy. I think this is showing that the detoxing is done. I was so beleagured through the last ones. Now I move into Maintenance Mode, which is more like the schedule and the diet I described in my last post. (And this 7-day juicing fast is exactly that, nothing but 2 or 3 pounds of juiced vegetables a day plus supplements and other Protocols and Procedures.) I will be happy to have the juicing fasts over.

My new friend, Alice, is Spanish. Her husband offered that while he is in the US for a month I could use his car so Alice (who doesn't drive) and I could travel around Belize together for the month he is gone. No! Seriously?

This is how it is when God is your travel agent. I didn't even know there would be a Belize Part 2. It was just about focusing on healing and then spending time at the ocean before returning to the US. Here my time is only half gone and there's a whole Belize Part 2 to be had.

So, I talked to my hosts / coaches and said: "I have this great offer to travel. I think I have learned what I came to learn. I think I'm ready to move on and tackle Maintenance Mode on my own. What do you think?"

They agreed! Morry said his whole goal it to "help people be the captain of their own ship" and then set them to sail. We will still stay in touch while I'm here. I will just be 1/2 mile down the road at Alice's when we are not off Adventuring.

I can't believe I get to experience the culture and country of Belize with a local friend! She has 50 chickens, a horse, 4 dogs, a few cats and some other animals we bought corn for - maybe a few cows. I asked her what she wanted to do on our first excursion. Camping. I am a huge camper! What are the chances that my new friend in Belize would love camping?

So I'm moving from contemplative mode to adventure mode - though laid-back adventure. I'm still intent on keeping up the program and not losing any ground I've gained health wise.

First we need to go to Belmopan, the capitol, and ask nicely to renew my visa. They only give you 30 days to stay in Belize at first. Then, if you're an exemplary guest, you can get extended.

From there we will go to the market - all open air, some produce grown locally some from Mexico and other places in Central America. Alice says we will buy tomatoes and cilantro and veg-e-tables (she enunciates) and onion and flour for making tortillas over the fire and chicken to barbecue (which I can't eat, but it's the art of making it Belizean style that I want to see!)

From the market we will go to Barton Creek which is in the jungle where Alice's friend has a health food business and land on the river and all the camping gear two wayfaring girls could need. Her friend offered to take us spelunking in a cave near/on his land and up to a Mayan ruin.

I could not have scheduled this if I tried.

Also in the jungle of Barton Creek live Mennonites who grow watermelons and other delicious things. I will buy a lot of watermelon. It's one of the alkaline-forming foods (= anti-cancer) even though it's sweet. I don't know why that is. I will have as much as I want. That and grapefruit I can have with wild abandon. (And vegetables. No bread. No meat. No dairy at all. Nothing packaged. Nothing fermented or mold related or mushroom-like.) :-)

This is only next week's adventure! Only my travel agent knows what the following days bring! However long funds and friendship hold out we'll be tooling around Belize. Or, for all I know, there's a Belize Part 3... I'll keep you posted.

Love and Adoration,
Susan