Anyway and I'm back....
So yesterday was a bit special - orange walk is a very friendly town - but I think it's fair to say not really a very attractive one. We came here for the jungle action and jungle action we got.
6 of us, a crazy but lovely looking driver Antonio and a tiny little speedboat - Don I'm not sure you'd have been happy with us - we didn't even put our life jackets on. Laughing in the face of danger I tell you.
Turns out Antonio has a very keen eye and the next two blissful hours were spent looking at crocodiles, heron's, iguanas, osprey's and lots and lots of other beautiful birds. Wasn't quite so keen on the bats we saw sleeping - we disturbed them and they flew way way too close for comfort.
We reached Lamanai and I got a sense for what a treat we have in store for the next few months. This is the most beautiful Mayan site - yet really very few tourists are here, and it all seems so easy. Perhaps speaking too soon.
The site itself is relatively small - but lots of the sites are still to be excavated - the mounds covered with grass we saw are all part of the complex. Our guide seemed to have the equivalent of a doctorate in Mayan civilisations - he could have been really interesting - unfortunately he went into major information overload which just left everyone a bit dumbfounded.
After a few hours we were reunited with Antonio and began the boat journey back. The light was now looking beautiful and there was an amazing reflection in the river's surface. Stunning. The surface was interrupted by the odd crocodile thrashing, a boa constrictor and some heron's taking flight. Dreamy.
Just before we got back we made a stop at the river's edge for a snack - a minute later the banana I'd been planning on eating was actually being passed to the cutest spider monkey who'd appeared next to me. One then actually sat in Philippa's lap. There are no photos of this, I was too busy laughing hysterically and wishing I'd found the time to have that rabies injection.
So yeah all in all Belize is doing it
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