Carolyn & Bill's 2003/2004 Trip to Belize & Guatemala
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We arrived Monday late afternoon Dec 29 and spent our first night in Belize City.
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The Seiba tree is the national tree of Guatemala. We flew to Guatemala to visit the Tikal ruins Tuesday morning Dec 30. |
Tikal tourists love to feed the couti-mundis, but we shouldn't because they are allegic to much of our food. This one expects C to feed him. |
 Flowering Palms |
 Forest Opening |
 Mahogany Tree |
 Palms |
Looking up from where we had our picture taken earlier. |
After our guided tours, we returned to the ruins by ourselves to visit this residential site. It was close to sunset and C was a bit nervous. She felt very isolated and alone after a day of being surrounded by thousands of tourists & a guide who told her of the bandits who preyed on tourists! So gullible... |
Bill wanted to explore the residential passageway we found. But Carolyn was not thrilled with the idea. Bats... bandits... surprises... |
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Bill thinks this is a 2nd picture of the same doorway. But Carolyn thinks it was another doorway, probably to the same passageway from the other end. |
On our second day in Tikal (Wed Dec 31) we climbed Temple IV to watch the sun break out of the fog & rise over Temple I. |
Our room at the Tikal Inn |
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 Temple I & ball court |
Temple I in the afternoon (Tues Dec 30) |
 Temple II |
Belize with our EXCELLENT guide and driver, Nathan Jan 1, 2004 |
Nathan leading us on hike Jan 2, 2004 |
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Belize - Mayan images |
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Bird in tree |
Belize - ancient Mayan water hole |
Mahogany in Tikal |
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