Sharks, rays, rum and sun!

I just returned from a three-week trip in Mexico and Belize. There I explored ancient Mayan ruins, swam with sharks and stingrays, watched a bullfight, and learned that high-school Spanish, while sufficient to get by, often leads to amusing misunderstandings. For two weeks I kept asking people if I could rent a ship! I also learned that stingrays have a bad reputation, they are really quite docile and friendly.