I thought this might make you want to go for a swim
Leo the Lion Cub
I was very lucky to meet this little fellow
He was born in captivity of parents rescued a couple of years ago from someone who had them as pets
He's a handful now ~ when fully grown no-one will be able to handle him
This is one of my favourite places in Belize
My cabin ~ well I rented it
A lovely place to live
The owners' home
Toliet block
Communal gathering place and kitchen area
Gardens
A little pond to attract butterflies
A view over the rain forest
This is so beautiful
The National Flower of Belize
Local food market - some cans we know some we don't
This is Belinda ~ she wove those herself and made the jewellery
This is the sort of project we want to support in Belize
The way to the Mayan Ruins
Crossing the Mopan River
Hand cranked by Raemondo
I couldn't resist the reflections
I coulddn't resist the river either and spent hours wandering along the banks
Canoe to go shopping
Wide river...
...on the way...
...almost there
That is an iguana ~ I saw a lot but they moved away when I took my camera out
This is on the other side of the river by the ferry. It took me over an hour to walk there. You will see why
I fainally got there just in time to walk back so I wouldn't miss the ferry ~ 4 p.m. or you swim
The office and the police post. Super guys all of them.
Souvenir shop and a shelter. I sat there while it poured with rain. Of course, it is a rain forest
Back at the Trek Stop
Horses are grazing all over the place in Belize
In South Africa they are known as Mudumbis ~ a sort of yam
Back to the river
Free range chickens. And I do mean free range ~ there are no pens in the houses
An English rose
Bouganvilliea
This looks like a Zulu chicken
Hibiscus ~ it is imported from Malaysia but manuy locals think it is indigenous for it has been in Belize a long time
This should be the logo of my life story ~ warts and all
The flag of the United Democratic Party which won the last election. This was difficult to remove, so they didn't
Border town
Two miles to the Border ~ the title for a book
Statue to a Chicle collector of the past ~ where chewing gum came from
Another horse
Masks of Mayan deities
Not sure why I took this ~ it is the table where I had lunch, the bottle contains chilli sauce
The open window is a bedroom. Can you imagine looking out if you didn't see when you went in would probably give you nightmares
Farewell to San Jose Succotz
