Belizean Animals of the Belize Zoo
The Belize zoo is a place I’d been meaning to visit for quite awhile so that I could check out all the animals, and know what to be looking for in the jungle.
Mark and I decided to go on an excursion to Monkey Bay which is right near the Belize zoo in an attempt to avoid the heavy construction that is still going on at our beloved Benque House.
Upon arriving at Monkey Bay, we stopped at one of the best bars in Belize, “Amigos”! This place has so much character, with it’s jokes posted all over the walls, and it’s fun-loving friendly staff. The highlight of the place is when you arrive for Happy Hour and then get the chance to “Shoot Your Wad” for a free drink.
Okay, to give you an idea of what that means. Happy hour napkins are green, as opposed to white ones. When you collect enough condensatoin on your napkin from your drink, you have a soggy green wad which you can then shoot into one of the designated mini-basketball hoops located on either side of the bar. You must follow the rules though in order for it to count (essentially that means sitting down on one of the bar stools).
Bonus: you get 2 free beers if you can shoot it into the basket off one of the waitresses butts.
I scored on my first practice shot with a white napkin, but since it wasn’t a happy hour green napkin, it doesn’t count.
We were going to come back for happy hour later to try our luck, but first we had to go check in to our rooms in Monkey Bay across the field.
We checked in to the mens bunk room, and since we were the only guys staying there, we had it all to ourselves. 
Then we headed down the road to check out the Sibun river. It looked pretty nice, typically a Belizean jungle river with the usual iguanas in the trees and lots of beautiful birds flying around.
After relaxing by the river for a bit we headed back to Amigos for happy hour. Unfortunately neither Mark nor I could score a free beer during happy hour, but some of the regulars were scoring free beer after free beer. Of course after happy hour finished I managed to shoot a white napkin wad in. Oh well, we certainly had a good time and met some new interesting people.
The following morning we went to Belize city so that Mark could get a bug bite looked at by a dermatologist. The red bite mark had been getting bigger and bigger over the past few days, and after a few different diagnoses (some of which sounded pretty aweful) Mark decided to get a professional opinion.
We found the dermatologist and he said it was just a minor fungal infection, gave Mark a prescription for some antifungal cream, and that was all. We then went to the Belize zoo to see all the cool animals.
The Belize zoo is an awesome place, and I highly recommend everyone check it out if you’re passing through. They have cool creole poems to describe each animal, and the animals have a large area that is very much their natural habitat to live in. You get to see most of the critters as though they were in the wild.
I got some incredible video clips of many of the animals there. Watch my Belize animals video mix on YouTube.
Belize Animals at the Belize Zoo
At one point the Tapir turned around a sprayed piss on Mark and his bag. Hehehehehehehe, it was really funny, particularly because the sign had a poem that warned to watch out or he’ll piss on you. I knew something was up when the beast started to turn around and walk backwards toward us, so I got out of the way quick.One of the last stops along the zoo area was the spider monkey zone. I absolutely love spider monkeys, and so we watched these guys play in the trees for awhile. I got a lot of video clips. I haven’t uploaded all the video mixes yet, so tune in to my YouTube channel if you want to see the other ones, but for now you can check out this mix:
Spider Monkeys Play in the Trees
After a good day of seeing all the Belizean animals, it was time for Happy hour at Amigos again. We stopped off and had a few drinks shooting our wads. Happy hour was almost over and we were about ready to go, and then all of a sudden Mark shot his wad and SCORED!!! YEah!!Alright, I had to buy 1 more beer and try my luck 1 last time. I shot and SCORED!!! Yeah!! right on! We took our winning beers capped to go, and off we went. All in all a great day.
