Tuesday, January 17, 2012

up the (New) River

I LOVE Belize.

I love everything about it - funky multi-culturalism, ecological sensitivity, cheerful nationalism, old school-buses, fresh vegetables, the Mayan sites, the wildlife, the mountains, the beaches . . .
Oh - wait - the beer sucks.

But that's it. I love everything else.

Our first stop was in the town of Orange Walk, a day's drive south of Vallodalid, where we had stayed to visit Chichen Itza. From Orange Walk, we took a boat ride up the New River to the FANTASTIC, serene, and almost deserted Mayan ruins at Lamanai.

And on the boat ride, we saw


golden iguanas


weird birds (forgot the name)


crocodiles!


and zillions of monkeys.

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