Belize

Leaving the house - the honeymoon begins Tue Jan 4, 2000 Grandma Henry's in Old Lyme, CT, USA	Belizean children playing by the river Fri Jan 7, 2000 New River from toll bridge to Lamanai, Belize	A spider monkey boards ship and spies banana Fri Jan 7, 2000 New River from toll bridge to Lamanai, Belize
Louisa feeds the spider monkey some banana Fri Jan 7, 2000 New River from toll bridge to Lamanai, Belize	Louisa watches the spider monkey Fri Jan 7, 2000 New River from toll bridge to Lamanai, Belize	Petting the relatively tame spider monkey Fri Jan 7, 2000 New River from toll bridge to Lamanai, Belize
Bats sleeping on the side of a tree. Very hard to detect with the naked eye Fri Jan 7, 2000 New River from toll bridge to Lamanai, Belize	Jacanau (locally known as the Jesus Christ bird) walking on the water Fri Jan 7, 2000 New River from toll bridge to Lamanai, Belize	River shot Fri Jan 7, 2000 New River from toll bridge to Lamanai, Belize
Unknown bird Fri Jan 7, 2000 New River from toll bridge to Lamanai, Belize	Hawk eagle Fri Jan 7, 2000 New River from toll bridge to Lamanai, Belize	Egret (large!) Fri Jan 7, 2000 New River from toll bridge to Lamanai, Belize
Devil's cactus (or snake cactus). A large epiphyte, it takes all nourishment from air and is not parasitic on the tree. Fri Jan 7, 2000 New River from toll bridge to Lamanai, Belize	Natives waving from their dugout canoe Fri Jan 7, 2000 New River from toll bridge to Lamanai, Belize	Louisa waving from the Mask Temple at Lamanai Fri Jan 7, 2000 Lamanai Ruins, Belize
Mask at the Mask Temple at Lamanai Fri Jan 7, 2000 Lamanai Ruins, Belize	Second building on the way up Fri Jan 7, 2000 Lamanai Ruins, Belize	View from the top (way high!) Fri Jan 7, 2000 Lamanai Ruins, Belize
View of the surrounding jungle & river from the top Fri Jan 7, 2000 Lamanai Ruins, Belize	Our honeymooners at the top Fri Jan 7, 2000 Lamanai Ruins, Belize	Stela #9 with calendar engraving Fri Jan 7, 2000 Lamanai Ruins, Belize
Temple from 1120 AD at the height of the Mayan civilization Fri Jan 7, 2000 Lamanai Ruins, Belize	Grandpa and grandson fishing from their dugout canoe. They were there all day Fri Jan 7, 2000 New River from toll bridge to Lamanai, Belize	Our bed on the cabana porch - what a view! Sun Jan 9, 2000 Long Caye, Glover's Atoll, Belize
Tom gets a rolling refresher Sun Jan 9, 2000 Long Caye, Glover's Atoll, Belize	Tom relaxes in the hammock Mon Jan 10, 2000 Long Caye, Glover's Atoll, Belize	Closeup of Tom in hammock Mon Jan 10, 2000 Long Caye, Glover's Atoll, Belize
Topsy & Elmo gut our dinner Mon Jan 10, 2000 Long Caye, Glover's Atoll, Belize	Sunset Tue Jan 11, 2000 Long Caye, Glover's Atoll, Belize	Kayak palapa at sunset Tue Jan 11, 2000 Long Caye, Glover's Atoll, Belize
Sunrise from our lanai Wed Jan 12, 2000 Long Caye, Glover's Atoll, Belize	Sunrise again Wed Jan 12, 2000 Long Caye, Glover's Atoll, Belize	Long Caye group photo, front Daniel, Kendra, Dan & Val, Louisa, Ben & Ashley, Nolan, Beth, Rachel, Latitia, Bev; back Tom, Bill, Edmund, Brian, Dan, Aurora, Elmo, Topsy Wed Jan 12, 2000 Long Caye, Glover's Atoll, Belize
Dangriga on our way in Wed Jan 12, 2000 Dangriga, Belize	Jungle Camp cabana Wed Jan 12, 2000 near San Ignacio, Belize	Emerging from the cave Thu Jan 13, 2000 Cave Branch River, near San Ignacio, Belize
Louisa in the cave Thu Jan 13, 2000 Cave Branch River, near San Ignacio, Belize	Bats hang among the curtain formations Thu Jan 13, 2000 Cave Branch River, near San Ignacio, Belize	Flowstone in the cave Thu Jan 13, 2000 Cave Branch River, near San Ignacio, Belize
Jaguar Thu Jan 13, 2000 Belize Zoo, outside Belize City, Belize	Puma at the zoo, yowling Belize Zoo, outside Belize City, Belize	Puma again Thu Jan 13, 2000 Belize Zoo, outside Belize City, Belize

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Revised: Tue Jan 29 16:16:08 2008 on www.shieldsaroundtheworld.com.
Copyright © 2000 Tom & Louisa Shields. All rights reserved.