Incidents of travel in Belize
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Incidents of travel in Belize
With acknowledgment (apologies?) to the very late John Lloyd Stephens for the thread title.
The fam and I spent a couple of weeks in Belize at the end of February.
Rather than post a lot of bla bla, and a link to a photo hosting site, I’ll keep the text to a minimum and throw up a ton of pics in a bunch of posts.
We started out in the Eastern part of the country at a lodge on the Macal River.
We swung, floated, fished and looked out over the river at the jungle for the first day:
The fam and I spent a couple of weeks in Belize at the end of February.
Rather than post a lot of bla bla, and a link to a photo hosting site, I’ll keep the text to a minimum and throw up a ton of pics in a bunch of posts.
We started out in the Eastern part of the country at a lodge on the Macal River.
We swung, floated, fished and looked out over the river at the jungle for the first day:
"A society that puts equality before freedom will get neither. A society that puts freedom before equality will get a high degree of both."
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Re: Incidents of travel in Belize
"A society that puts equality before freedom will get neither. A society that puts freedom before equality will get a high degree of both."
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"A society that puts equality before freedom will get neither. A society that puts freedom before equality will get a high degree of both."
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"A society that puts equality before freedom will get neither. A society that puts freedom before equality will get a high degree of both."
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"A society that puts equality before freedom will get neither. A society that puts freedom before equality will get a high degree of both."
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We went to the Mayan ruins at Caracol (Keep in mind all Mayan structures were built without the use of the wheel or beasts of burden! (slave labor, more than likely)):
Here we are at the Sky Palace (Caana):
Other ruins:
Burial chamber or entrance to the Underworld?
Stella with glyphs:
This lintel made of Sapodilla wood was carbon dated to be 2,000 years old:
Here we are at the Sky Palace (Caana):
Other ruins:
Burial chamber or entrance to the Underworld?
Stella with glyphs:
This lintel made of Sapodilla wood was carbon dated to be 2,000 years old:
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Our final experience with the Mundo Maya was the (in)famous ATM cave. Nope, not an underground ancient cash machine. It is the Cave of the Crystal Sepulcher or Actun Tunichil Muknal. I was hesitant to go based on my dislike of tight spaces, but I put on my Big Boy Pants and went for it:
Some numbskull tourist dropped their camera on a skeleton a few years ago, so no more cameras allowed. These stock photos give a darn good idea of what it takes to get in and what can be seen:
The highlight at the end of the cave, The Crystal Maiden:
Some numbskull tourist dropped their camera on a skeleton a few years ago, so no more cameras allowed. These stock photos give a darn good idea of what it takes to get in and what can be seen:
The highlight at the end of the cave, The Crystal Maiden:
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We left the jungle, headed east all the way across the country, jumped on a small boat, and hit the tiny (800’ X 400’) island Tobbaco Caye:
There are a lot of different rays that swim around:
There are a lot of different rays that swim around:
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