Belize

November 2008

in the airport

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the drive to Chaa Creek

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Checking out our room

right outside the room

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to Xunantunich

Mayan archaeological site

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A hand-cranked ferry
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Our guide, Alexi
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Altar for human sacrifices on the right
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Many structures haven't yet been excavated
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Depictions of the rain god, sun, moon,...
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Lunch at Benny's; pibil (slow-cooked pork) on the right

canoeing to San Ignacio

on the Macal River

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Buzzards (I don't have photos of the blue herons we saw, or the green king fishers. Or any of the other birds of Belize. Or the otter.)
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Two dogs and a horse cross the river

San Ignacio market and Boiton's for lunch

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graffiti

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in Miami on our way back home

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Taxiing to Michael's Genuine for dinner
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Waiting for the restaurant to open
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The neighborhood was getting ready for Art Basel Miami; that middle building was seen elsewhere
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Back to the airport

 

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