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| Belize and Guatemala Trip |
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days 1, 2, and 3 | days 4 and 5 | days 6 and 7 | days 8 and 9 | days 10, 11, and 12 |
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| days 1, 2, and 3 |
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Day 1 - My first ride on an airplane turned out to be not so bad. It was pretty awesome, actually. When we got off, I felt like a little kid in a carnival - "I wanna do it again!" After the Belizean airport put us through customs and all that, we were home free...to drive the unpaved roads of Crooked Tree. The lodge was really nice, especially the view of the lake. Went to the Nazarene church there on Sunday, day 2 and went for a tour around the lake later. Day 3 - We met up with the choir and travelled with them for a while. We visited Altun Ha as well as the Belize River with them after watching them perform. After parting ways, our group went to the Belize Zoo. Ha ha, gotta love the spider monkeys!
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| Where we stayed the first night - Bird's Eye View Lodge in Crooked Tree |
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| ah, this is the life...the room in the lodge |
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| how about this one? |
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| moooo - oh, look, there are cows...in the water |
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| this is one of the trees for which the village was named |
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| The horses next door |
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| sunrise at the lodge |
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| this one's called the Jesus Christ bird, since it "walks on water" - hmm, more like lilypads... |
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| a turtle found along the way back from bird-watching |
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| bet you can't find the iguana! |
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| the view from a temple at Altun Ha |
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| a parrot just hanging out around the tourist shops at Altun Ha |
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| a Belizean crocodile - these guys are more afraid of us than the Floridean ones |
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| This cute little kinkajou came to the call of the zookeeper. |
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| A caged beast - jaguars are so awesome, but I'm glad I didn't see one in the wild! |
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| other temple at Altun Ha |
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| a group of us after exiting the zoo |
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| baby howler monkey hanging almost right above my head! |
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| How'd you like this jabiru to walk up to you? He's almost 5 feet tall! |
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| Check out the spider monkeys - quite social, whether negatively or positively... |
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