Adventure

Escape From the Cold, and Why I Love Belize.

I am tired, a log day of traveling but I loved it and  nothing like being in a foreign country to  give you a fresh perspective on life. I planned this trip a few weeks ago, looking for something historic and also with a lot of natural beauty. I think I may have chosen the…

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Crooked Tree, Belize, I Think I’m in Heaven

Left Belize City this morning, wondering if I should have rented a car. Some of the travel sites advised against it for safety reasons but after being here for a day I saw no reason for concern. I was picked up by a residnet and native of the small village of Crooked Tree. He lived…

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Lamanai Mayan Ruins, an awesome day in Belize.

Internet is slow again so not going to get any photos up tonight. Sure wish I could,  I visited the Mayan ruins at Lamanai, located in a lagoon off of the New River, and they were spectacular. Set in a jungle, it was hard to imagine this was once a thriving city until you see…

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Another Morning in Paradise. at Crooked Tree, Belize.

It seems that things just get better around here. Had a wonderful morning looking for birds, and learning so much about the natural environment of this beautiful area, on a boat ride on the Crooked Tree Lagoon. And we saw a lot of spectacular birds, and iguanas, howler monkeys and even some bats. Started the…

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Blue Heron enjoying sushi for breakfast in Belize.

Taking it easy today so had some time to upload these photos of a blue heron we saw on the lagoon yesterday. Looks like he bit off more than he could swallow. This is a fascinating place. Always something to see.  A nature lovers paradise for sure. Just today heard howlers monkeys on my early…

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Sorry No Photos.

Well we have internet tonight  but it is almost useless for uploading photos. I’ve been trying to upload a photo of some cashews flowers for an hour now and I give up. I’ll have to update you without ant photos, and I took so many beautiful ones today. Feeling much better now and had a…

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The Belize Zoo, a zoo even animal lovers can love.

After going on safari in Africa last year, I swore I  would never visit another zoo. Seeing how content and at home elephants, lions zebras and all the animals were in their natural environment, it seemed cruel and wrong to cage them up for our entertainment. I had no intention of visiting the zoo here…

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Walking the backroads of Belize

Good morning on  a cloudy and chilly morning at the Bird’s Eye View Lodge in Crooked Tree Belize.  Looks like all that frigid weather they are having up north has made it’s way down here. We have a northerly wind which brought in some cooler temperature. Must have dipped into the 60’s  this morning and…

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Snail Kite, Crooked Tree Lagoon, Belize 2-16-2015

Had some free time this morning, and the internet was working, so wanted to share some photos of this beautiful and unique bird, the snail kite.   I  took them on our early morning boat ride on Monday morning on the Crooked Tree Lagoon. The hawk feeds exclusively off of apple snails. The photo below shows…

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Lamanai Mayan Ruins Belize 2/15/2015

Some more thoughts on my visit to the ancient Mayan site of Lamanai. After an exciting boat ride up the New River we disembarked and had a nice lunch. We then toured the museum and learned a lot of the history of the Mayans who inhabited this area  over 3500 years ago.  Our guide introduced…

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Dinosaurs are Cool. And there are a lot of their bones, and other cool stuff at the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia.

It seems like only yesterday that I got my first book on dinosaurs. It was a  How and Why  Wonder Book.   I was in first grade and I was fascinated. Back then all we had were the basics. The Brontosaurus,  the Tyrannosaurus, the Stegosaurus. and a few others.  I was so excited seeing them when my dad took me to…

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Back to Belize and my visit to the Community Baboon Sanctuary.

It was two weeks ago today that I visited the  famous Community Baboon Sanctuary located in the rural Belize River valley. The sanctuary protects Howler Monkeys, an endangered species , which are locally known as baboons. The 20 square mile sanctuary protects the monkeys environment. Local farmers agreed to protect the monkeys and the trees…

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Black-collared hawk Crooked Tree Belize

Don’t want to put our local turkeys on the spot but I like this magnificent bird, a black-collared hawk .I photographed  this one in Belize  and I think it has the wild turkey beat in appearance. Here is a link to  some more photographs of this beautiful bird. https://keepyoureyespeeled.net/photographs-2/belize-february-2015/nggallery/belize-2015/black-collared-hawk belize#gallery/5489f221decc881b58f85fc6be80668e/850

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