Monday

well, the excitement from saturday has kind of dwindled. Sunday we went to Chan Chich, a site about an hour and a half away with a very nice lodge in it. The site is only semi excavated and not restored, so there are just these huge 50 foot tall grassy mounds everywhere that you know are big uncovered temples. The lodge itself was heaven as well. Amazing food, luxurious relaxation areas, a pool, a HOT SHOWER with free shampoo conditioner and soap. and wine with lunch!! so, sunday went well. However, rainy season really began around sunday evening. it rained while we were in the pool, and the cloud cover still hasnt really left. its funny what the rain does, i opened my clothes chest and 5 frogs hopped out. the termite swarms are back too and they have left their wings EVERYWHERE. It also means that we cant excavate the bones at our site unless it stops raining. Luckily yesterday it did stop raining for about 4 hours, so we got some work done finding the a leg bone, arm bone, scapula, ankle and big toe in addition to the skull. Another group at our site also uncovered an almost perfect shultun, a round hole in the ground leading to an underground chamber. all this would be a fabulous start to a last week, but our group leader appears to have gotten kidney stones. he is leaving tomorrow to get to a hospital in the states. im not sure what will happen, but hopefully our site doesnt close. oh, and hopefully he gets better.