Two Crazy Chicks Productions, in association with WorldWildPhotoGraphics and What Am I Going to Tell Your Mother? Productions, is proud to present Episode 2 of The Adventures of Yumiko and Eden: Return to Belize...
The massive earthquake hits at 2:24 a.m., jolting Yumiko and Eden awake.
The building shakes and lurches wildly. There is an ominous creak and the power goes out with an audible hiss. Frantic voices call out in the darkness.
As abruptly as it began, the shaking stops. Our intrepid heroines grab a flashlight and stumble out onto the Sidewalk, where Placencia’s rattled residents and visitors are congregating, desperate for information.
“Anyone hurt?”
“Can you see if there’s any damage?”
“I’ve lived here my entire life and never felt anything like that!”
“I just used my cell phone to call a friend in the States, who says the quake’s magnitude was 7.1. The epicenter was off the coast of Honduras, 140 miles from here.”
There is nervous talk of aftershocks and tsunamis, but there is little anyone can do. Aftershocks can occur at any time and, given Placencia’s remote location, mass evacuation in the event of a tsunami would be impossible.
Well, Eden thinks, if we are going to die, at least our last day on Earth was a really good one.
Indeed, Yumiko’s 40th birthday had been spent snorkeling amongst Laughing Bird Caye National Park’s fantastic formations of fan, fire, brain, and elkhorn coral as colorful reef fish darted by, lobsters peeked out, and conches and sea cucumbers made their way slowly along the sandy seafloor.
Upon their return to the village, our dynamic duo had moved their backpacks into an air conditioned room and headed to the Barefoot Beach Bar for drinks. Well into the evening, they sat by the ocean, watching the coconut palms sway in the breeze and chatting happily with new friends over panty rippers, Monkey River mudslides, and mango daiquiris.
The situation is what it is. So Eden and Miko do the only practical thing – they go back to bed.
© Eden Feuer
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