Judi and Duane at the Lamanai Mask Temple
Yesterday we headed to Orange Walk with Duane and Judi. Just outside of the town there is a boat tour to a Mayan site called Lamanai (submerged crocodile). I was really looking forward to this...I've heard really good reviews and it didn't disappoint! We took a boat trip up the New River for about an hour and a half. We saw spider monkeys, all kinds of birds, and huuuuge fish...the guide told us they were tarpons. Lots of great picture taking.
We even saw a scorpion and a cockroach in a battle to the death...the scorpion won. I've never seen anything like that before!
The Mayan ruins are right on the shores of a lake. The entire city covers an area of about eight square miles but only a small portion is actually excavated. Adam climbed to the top of two temples. Huge credit to him...it was about 90F. We saw howler monkeys in the trees. Unfortunately, they weren't making much noise...too hot. Maybe they are smarter than Adam...they know when to relax!
Because we drove to the boat launch on our own, we were lucky enough to get our own boat and tour guide, Javier. Other tours were showing up by the bus load so we felt pretty special! They even made us a special lunch after the tour. It was great!
Once we got home, we topped off the day with a visit with Donna and Jeannie. We caught up on the news for the week and played a few games of darts. All good!
We even saw a scorpion and a cockroach in a battle to the death...the scorpion won. I've never seen anything like that before!
The Mayan ruins are right on the shores of a lake. The entire city covers an area of about eight square miles but only a small portion is actually excavated. Adam climbed to the top of two temples. Huge credit to him...it was about 90F. We saw howler monkeys in the trees. Unfortunately, they weren't making much noise...too hot. Maybe they are smarter than Adam...they know when to relax!
Because we drove to the boat launch on our own, we were lucky enough to get our own boat and tour guide, Javier. Other tours were showing up by the bus load so we felt pretty special! They even made us a special lunch after the tour. It was great!
Once we got home, we topped off the day with a visit with Donna and Jeannie. We caught up on the news for the week and played a few games of darts. All good!