[amydalayna]

me and the mister decided to spend our thanksgiving in Belize and Guatemala instead of eating turkey in a disappointingly dry Tahoe.

i think guatemala has been one of my favorite places to visit ever, so i thought i would share some photos from there.

these are the mayan ruins in tikal. we went out to tikal twice, both times getting out there at 5.30am for sunrise. sitting up on top of those temples above the mist and jungle early in the morning was a really cool experience.

serious people we are

disabled friendly, it is not

animals

the nearby city of flores

the place we stayed said we could borrow some bikes so we could ride out to these other ruins nearby. her are our totally sweet rides.

we stayed in the very small village of el remate

i wish i was there now. *sigh*.

 

[PatBranch]

That trip looks cool. Awesome photos!

 

[DHS]

awesome photos, thanks for sharing

 

[SCTreeHugger]

Awesome.

I'll be in Antigua for New Years. Should be craaaaazy.

 

[BadDNA]

Sweet pics. I'm guessing the mornings were something like this?

 

[amydalayna]

wish i made it down to antigua, but that was pretty far from where we were. next time.

i did have a friend who was down in antigua and she flew up to meet us for the day. she was loving it down there.

Sweet pics. I'm guessing the mornings were something like this?

our mornings were a little wet.... but they dried up nicely in the afternoon.

 

[DaveW]

Awesome pics!

That place looks so cool.

 

[jimmydean]

Nice pictures!

My wife and I were planning on going next year. She has family there and we are going to make a stop in Costa Rica as well since my brother-in-law is there now.

 

[I Are Baboon]

Very cool pics.

This pic would be nicer with a Super Wal-Mart right there.

 

[MMcG]

Nice pics! What are those Lemur like animals?

 

[loco-gringo]

You were gone???

Oh and Mark - pretty sure the lemur like animals are lemurs.

 

[amydalayna]

the lemurs are coati.
i think they are in the raccoon family.

 

[loco-gringo]

the lemurs are coati.
i think they are in the raccoon family.

Those are lemurs if I ever saw one.









*please bear in mind that I don't recall having ever seen a lemur.

 

[amydalayna]

google image a lemur.
it is not a lemur.

 

[loco-gringo]

google image a lemur.
it is not a lemur.

Fine. It's not a lemur then.

Your pics are nice anyway. I hope you can now move from comfy tropical climates to snow covered rocks.

 

[laura]

Absolutely gorgeous! Post more!

 

[amydalayna]

Absolutely gorgeous! Post more!

i would love to post more! thx.

digging up more

and here's a couple of belize

i have a ton i haven't gone through yet. a bunch of underwater ones from the coral reef in belize too. will post more!

 

[MMcG]

I don't think they have Lemurs in SA do they? I knew they weren't Lemurs though. How do I know you ask? From that Craft Brothers show on PBS - Zaboomafoo!!

 

[Heidi]

NICE! Looks like you guys had a good time. I'm itching for a Latin vacation...perhaps down into South America for some riding.

 

[laura]

NICE! Looks like you guys had a good time. I'm itching for a Latin vacation...

I am with you. For christmas last year the in-laws took the entire family on a cruise (which is an entirely different, kind of disturbing topic) but we got to see belize, honduras, and two places in mexico in a very short period of time, and I am itching to get back, in a bad way, for a real extended stay.

 

[johnbryanpeters]

Nice!

 

[loco-gringo]

I don't think they have Lemurs in SA do they? I knew they weren't Lemurs though. How do I know you ask? From that Craft Brothers show on PBS - Zaboomafoo!!

Dude. I was way off. I didn't realize that lemurs looked like pigs.

 

[Mr Tiles]

I stayed in Belize a week a while back. got the worst case of rot gut ever. fun nonetheless...

 

[offsprung]

the animals in question are coatimundi, and they are in the racoon family. i had 2 of them for a while.

 

[cycleryshop]

Hey, and I just came back from my trip to Alaska. I drove round trip in my friends' car who left it with me last week.

 

[amydalayna]

Hey, and I just came back from my trip to Alaska. I drove round trip in my friends' car who left it with me last week.

i knew it! you guys were joy riding up and down the coast in the little 'zuki.

don't you appreciate ben's hat in the pictures? he wore that silly thing the whole trip.

 

[sanjuro]

i knew it! you guys were joy riding up and down the coast in the little 'zuki.

don't you appreciate ben's hat in the pictures? he wore that silly thing the whole trip.

Don't worry. I just loaded that thing on the SF-Anchorage Ferry.

 

[stevew]

Splendid.

 

[amydalayna]

i thought i would put up some underwater pics from Belize too...

this guy makes me smile

 

[splat]

Sweet Pics .


Jealous

 

[Echo]

Wow!!

 

[Fonzie18]

awesome!

 

[NuMexJoe]

Great pics! Are the underwater ones from the Hol Chan cut? And the stairs on the one temple give me the willies to even contemplate climbing them. Thanks for posting!
- Joe

 

[narlus]

sweet shots, esp that last one of the remote village. excellent.

 

[.Pit Steelers.]

Neat pictures, looks like fun.

 

[valve bouncer]

How was the safety side of things there. Were you OK to go walking around by yourself? Looks interesting.

 

[hooples3]

Hey amy great pics it looks like a wonderful place. If you get a chance could you please PM or email me more info ( if you have any) about Guatemala.. its somewhere i've always wanted to go and would like to look into it. Thanks!!!

 

[amydalayna]

How was the safety side of things there. Were you OK to go walking around by yourself? Looks interesting.

i was with my husband, not alone - but there are places you don't wander at night. belize city was ok, but i wouldn't do it at dark. nor would i attempt to do the border crossing late at night.

we stayed in el remate when we went to the jungle and that was much safer than nearby st elena. even the shoe stores in st elena had men w/ shot guns guarding them. gas station had alot of military people too.

i'd go back in a heart beat. it was beautiful.