Today I slept in.  The rest of the team was nearly ready to go when I rolled out of bed at nearly 9am.  This is important because it represented a glaring failure in the buddy system implemented before the trip.  Let me explain:  I've traveled with Lonnie previously, but not with L' so she was the wildcard.  I told Lonnie that if for some reason I'm not at breakfast, send in the search party after me.  So today, L' is up early and meets Lonnie for breakfast while I'm blissfully sleeping in.  L' says to Lonnie, "Shouldn't you be checking on Matt?".  Lonnie has a look of concern and fear and says "Oh yeah.".  The concern is touching except that Lonnie does not actually follow through.  Of course, nothing happened, but I need to have a talk with Lonnie about how the buddy system actually works.  

I had some breakfast and then L' and I rented bikes while Lonnie got in his hammock time.  It was a nice ride to the northern end of the island- we even had to pay a toll which reminded me of the scene in Blazing Saddles with the toll booth.  We saw a couple iguanas, some new beach front properties and the ice cream shop we had kayaked to yesterday.

With a noon checkout, we headed back to the hotel so we could shower, pack up, and checkout.  We went across the street at 12:30 for our 1pm flight to the Belize Municipal Airport.  I went in to the airline office, gave them my last name and she gave me three boarding cards.  No ID check, metal detector, or luggage screen.  It turned out we were the only ones on the flight.  The pilot wouldn't let me take the copilot seat, but I sat right behind him for good views and a look at the instrument panel.  Hey, it is just like Microsoft Flight Simulator!

We landed after the approximately 15 minute flight, grabbed our bags and a few minutes later Luis from the resort picked us up for the two hour drive to San Ignacio.  He pointed out the changing scenery.  The oranges, mangroves, and palm trees reminded me of Florida without the inept voters.

We've booked a four bedroom house- "the mansion" at the Cahal Pech Resort.  It's a bit musty and the upstairs bedrooms lack A/C as promised.  We get groceries, settle in, and head to town for dinner.  Our choices are limited on "Boxing Day", but we find something and taxi back to the house.  With a 730am pickup for our tour of Caracol tomorrow, we hit the sack early to be prepared for tomorrow's big day.