While staying on the Island of flowers in Guatamala, we decided to take a boat cruise around the place.

This is my idea of a great Spanish that any student can tell his parents to send more money for the "spanish school."

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The ferry is moved across the river with a hand crank powered by the operator.

If you look closely, the jungle cats spots, ocelot, are barely visible. they sleep during the day and hunt in the evening and early morning.

Termites maked their homes in trees. To escape mosquitos, use the smoke from the termite house. Of course, take it out of the tree first!
Next photo. I always check out the water for crocks. It facinates me how much they look like debris. While focusing on the one in the water, I missed the closer one in the next photo. Another good scare, which makes me smile now that i am with a beer and the keyboard.

This is an example of white folks getting their first day of sun, which, of course, spoils the entire trip for them. Maybe that explains the crowded state of all the bars and clubs.

Next photo, Im having trouble with this program, can't get the text to align today. Fey found a real live starfish in the bay. I thought they only existed in marina and in plastic.

The local motto is "Belize, go slow." This is the rush hour on the island of Caye Caulk.

Next photo: beach view from the water side of the Caye. I had waded out about 50 feet, up to my navel, forgot about the wallet, to take this photo. Water was very agreeable, no crouch crisis when I went deep.

Next photo. Only small kids allowed

I'm not sure of the meaning here. It must have a ethinic meaning, nothing like it in Reno.














The water was warm and clear. This was just one of the places we swam at.








The boat ride to the beach was on a fast boat, traveling at 30 plus knots for 21 miles. I saw no life jackets so I asked for three. The crewmember was very obliging. He got a key from the captain and unlocked the cabinet and gave them to me. Then he locked the cabinet back up with all the other jackets safe inside. I checked with another crew and we had been in Coast Guard violation. Next photo, we swam in many places. Next photo, Giselle sitting in the stern of the outbound voyage.

This photo shows just how large these edifices are. Maybe you can see me standing at the bottom. Unlike the Egyptian pyramids, they were not constructed on a single plan. At first, each was much smaller. After 100 years or so, the limestone surface begins to powder, so the Maya would put another skin of stone over the old, making the entire thing taller and larger. Every cut stone was carried on a Mayan back, no animals.