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Apolonio
“I have been getting eaten alive by those darn bugs, at least when we go to the islands there won't be as many,” stated my mom.
It was Christmas break and my family was on vacation in Belize, a small country near Mexico and Guatemala. We were spending seven days in the jungle at a resort and then we would go to the islands for seven more days.

The Toucans were chirping, the fog was moist and steamy, the bugs were all around our vibrant Papaya. The color of all the trees and plants were so bright, as if it was like I was looking right at the sun. It was the most relaxed and elegant place I had ever been to. It was the second to last day that we were in the jungle, we were playing Euchre, a trick-taking card game most commonly …show more content…

He found the card, reached all the way up to the sky, and showed us the card. He had a huge smile on his face as if he won the World Series and was about to charge the mound to celebrate with his team. He ran back up and we thanked him. He then asked the bartender for Coke for his sick sister, he said that it would help his sister's stomach settle. He didn't have enough money to buy the Coke. We bought him 3 bottles of Coke for his sick sister. I bought him a hackey sack that said Belize on it from the gift store.
“Thank you!” rejoiced Apolonio. He waved to us and said, “Goodbye.” I didn't know where he was going but he was gone in an instant.
The bartender knew about Apolonio and said in his poor english “He always comes to the bar to get a Coke, he lives in a village about 10 minutes from this resort. There is a Canadian lady who has a farm right by his village and his dad and him work at her farm and they use machetes to cut the crops down.” When we left the resort, we were driven in a van to the airport. When we were almost to the main road we saw Apolonio running down the dirt road with no shoes waving to us.
“Bye!” belted Apolonio. We could see the sweat dripping down his face. At that point I knew that I was his friend, and he was

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