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You Better Belize It, Bamboo Chicken

Since I've been a cashier for a Costco warehouse for three months, I've had the unique opportunity to be around more varieties of chicken than imagined. Raw, frozen, prepared, and mostly, rotisserie chicken. It reminds me of the time, I dined on bamboo chicken. I turn back the clock to June 2003. This is actually a sub-story to a larger tapestry of adventure, but I'll focus on the sub-story. It was my honeymoon with my then-wife, Charlene. We were married on famous Miami's South Beach, then departed on the Carnival Paradise, at the time the only non-smoking cruise ship for our exotic Western Caribbean cruise. One of ports of call was Belize City, Belize. We elected to buy an extensive shore excursion of cave exploring and lunch. All the cruisers piled on the bus. Another couple we were seated with at the dinner table was Lauren and Sean from Connecticut, so it was comforting to have a friendly face on the tour while we were away from the ship. The tour guide advis...