Friday, March 16, 2007

More Photos from Guatemala and San Ignacio Belize

A shrine where the Mayans worship Maxomon.A statue of Maxomon himself

Typical street vendor making black tortillas

View from our casa in Antigua in the morning..Volcan Agua


The next few are in Chichicastenango and the famous market


In the bar of our hotel at Chi Chi....our customary pre-dinner libation.


This is out of sequence...a view of typical native houses in a small town on the shores of Lake Atitlan.




















The graveyard at Chi Chi

A shaman ceremony

Burning shrine to Maxomon





Crossing Lake Atitlan

San Pedro on Lake Atitlan

Volcanos around the lake




Typical native housing


Semuc Champay near Coban taken from the lookout 1000ft above




Swimming in the pools


Our spare tire after a flat in the mini bus
Scenes around Tikal




A tiny frog in the grounds of Tikal....there we thousands of these on the ground.








A squirrel monkey outside our hotel at Tikal



Fording a river en route to the Actun Tunichil Muknal caves near San Igancio Belize. We are acoompanied by Sue's sisters Rose (left) and Darien.


Trying the quinine leaf

Our guide Carlos handing out terminites to eat from the adjacent nest.



Rose in a tight spot




One of several skulls and skeletons in the cave
The skeleton of the young women who had been sacrificed in the cave


Ancient Mayan pottery artifacts which were scattered around the floor.


The entrance to the cave (on our way out)



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