| Western Caribbean
2009
NCL Pearl Belize City, Belize CA We rarely do tours through NCL but this one got rave reviews. We travelled to the New River by motor coach and then travelled up the river by boat to the Lamanai ruins from the Mayan culture (Classical period: 260 AD to 960 AD ). Once we arrived we had a rustic lunch, then walked all over the ruins- Bruce did amazingly well with all the hiking and I even ventured up the steps of the temple. |
 Iguana in a tree, this one is an orange male |
 Here's a green female |
 Abby hair blows in the wind |
 Chestnut Hawk, also called the Black Collared Hawk (Busarellus nigricollis) |
 Bruce & Ben play with vines |
 The kids and Bruce hike through the rain forest |
 On the steps of the first ruin The Mask Temple |
 Bruce said I looked very "me" here- healthy, happy and getting dirty in the jungle
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 Love this stone face- the Crocodile God
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 I climbed the smaller side steps...
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 Bruce failed to capture my look of abject terror- notice I am not letting go of Abby and have Ben in a death grip!
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 Abby and Ben pay homage to the the Rain God
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 Bruce and the kids -note that only Bruce is actually looking at the camera
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 Here are the crazy people in our group who climbed to the top.
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 We caught the last tender home at 4:15pm
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 Bruce looking happy on our tender to the ship |