The bike ride is back on!! Yes! We where affraid that we wouldn’t accomplish our goal since Dean decided to mix things up a bit. However, we still have quite a few miles ahead of us.

I want to catch up with a question my mom emailed me about. Her students want to know what do the people of Belize normally eat? Well the answer to that question is a lot of beans, rice and chicken. Hot sauce is used to spice up most meals. What normally comes with a meal is fried jack (a deep fried fritter thingy), corn tortilla or flower tortilla. I’ve also had my share of scrambled eggs. Sometimes you can get Chia mixed in with your eggs. Chia is plant found in Mexico and Belize that can grow in the worst conditions. The leaves are cooked just like spinach, and it has more nutrients than spinach as well. Along with water, I drink more Coke here than I do back home. It’s really refreshing during a REALLY HOT day. What I love about the cokes down here is that they come in glass bottles. Each of the bottles are recycled as well. I hope that answers what you were looking for and thanks for following the journey.

Tonight we head down south for a night ride. Our plans are to get to Crique Sarco, our final destination, by tomorrow afternoon. Crique Sarco is located in the southern most jungle of Belize. So we will not be able to update the website with stories and pictures until Friday. So hang tight! Crique Sarco is my favorite place in Belize and I’m sure will have some great pictures to share.

My simple gift of the day…

We’ve had quite an adventure so far. We’ve biked most of the country, seen some amazing people, delt with Hurricane Dean and had a chance to drive north to see the devistation. So this quote comes from a book I’m reading right now.

“We have a choice: remain in our protective comfort zones or give ourselves to a renewed passion for people, rich or poor. I believe the way forward in the dilemma of relative affluence is thorugh giving of ourselves in a cross-cultural relationship. (Ken Baker - Quest for Hope in the Slum Community)

See you all Friday! If you want to listen to an update from the jungle the next couple days, you can go to www.row.org and listen an audio message.

Thanks for your emails and comments! Keep them coming!

Peace, Scott “On the road again” Neely