After five months of living in Belize, we finally received our first visitors, when Natasha’s brother and sister-in-law came down. They planned a week vacation, spending the first half in our hometown of Cayo, and the second half on the beach in Placencia. Seaside Seat After picking them up from the airport in Belize City, […]
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Waking up at a specific time without an alarm clock is something I have practiced for years, but still four bells I thought might be pushing it. However, I awoke without a hitch and was on the road by 5:00, on my way to Crooked Tree Village. Band-tailed Barbthroat at Crooked Tree Village, Belize Forest
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So many birds down here I have loads of images and thought breaking them up a bit would be best. Here’s another installment of “Birds of Central America.” The Trogon photo below was taken at duPlooy’s Jungle Lodge in San Ignacio, Belize. Vilaceous Trogon (Trogon violaceus) The Ani photo below was taken on the side
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The first stop on our Guatemalan road trip was El Remate, a small village on the northeast corner of Lake Peten Itza. Sunset Over Lake Peten Itza | El Remate, Guatemala I had made a reservation at a hotel online, and discovered once we arrived that they did not receive it, but could accommodate nevertheless. It
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With over 590 bird species, Belize is a birdwatcher’s paradise. I’ve had the good fortune of appropriate birding accommodations in Belize, first in the Georgeville bush and now at Smith Farm right outside of San Ignacio Town, where local birds are found by simply wandering outside my cabana. Every morning I’m out with my 200mm-400mm zoom trying to capturing
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I wanted to post some shots of the wildlife and wasn’t sure of all the scientific names of the animals, so I want to play a game…please leave comments if you know any of the species names, family, etc. of the pictured animals. If nobody plays along, then I’ll get the hint and try to
It’s been one month since entering the country of Belize, and Natasha and I still hadn’t been in the ocean. So we took a weekend trip to Placencia, in the Stann Creek District of Southern Belize. Laughingbird Caye, Placencia, Belize We had heard good things about the peninsula, and quickly discovered all the rumors
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