Boarding the Puddle Jumper
...from Belize City to Ambergris Caye. God is the co-pilot, but I'm riding in the front seat.

I get to fly "Co Pilot"
Which button do I push if the pilot has a heart attack?

Happy Passengers
Ronda wants to know who's really fying this thing?

Belize Barrier Reef
The world's second largest barrier reef, from the air enroute to Ambergris Caye

Approach to San Pedro
Welcome to Ambergris Caye

Arrival in San Pedro
Are we having fun yet? Hot enough for you?

Dive Orientation
The guy in the Hammock is not one of the divers

Pelican
Flying over the Sunbreeze Hotel

Beach Shack
Hmmm.... I wonder if this outfit offers trips to Lamanai?

San Pedro Store Front
Just one of many colorful tropical emporiums in San Pedro

Got Fish?
Locals sporting their prize along the dock

San Pedro Fire Station
Built in 2001

Psst.... wanna buy a rug?
Just one of many beach-side vendors sporting their wares.

The Emperor of San Pedro
This guy was the richest guy in town until he started using his own drugs...

Birds on the Roof
The Sunday morning wake-up committee

Rhonda's Ready
New friend Rhonda is on the bottom and waiting for the rest of the group.

Blue Indigo


Lobster and Rocks
I've got the surf... who's got the turf? The coloring is great for the lobster, not so great for the photographer.

Fish Picture
So what it's a "tail shot"? It's still cool...

"Cookie Monster" Coral
(aka "Azure Vase" coral)

Squirrel Fish
Squirrel fish know how to pose.

Green Moray
...and Gobi cleaner fish. The best shot I got before flooding the good underwater camera....<*sigh*>

Christmas Tree Nubibranch
colorful, tiny invertebrates that really need a macro to be properly photographed.

Fan Coral
...always reminds me of Gizmo from "Gremlins"

Scuba Gir Ann
...showing her "peak performancey buoyancy" form...NOT

Dive Master Francois
from the Aqua Dives shop

These People Look Familiar
Waiting for our turn on the ferry, on our golf cart, touring the north end of the Caye

Rhonda and Roger
Our new friends, who shared the golf cart tourn with us.

Ferry cross the Ambergris
Crossing the canal that separates the two halves of Ambergris Caye

FFOB
-- Future Ferry Operators of Belize

Yachting, Belize Stytle
Local residentds enjoy an afternoon of yachting, on the Ambegris Canal

Fishing
or grocery shopping, Belize style.

The North Road
Toward Captain Morgan's resort on the north end of Ambergris Caye

Welcome to the Third World


Lizard
Belize really belongs to the Lizards

Belize Architecture
Some of the locals enjoying an architectural tour of their Island Home

Rhonda
Let's Go Diving Again

Roger
The water was so warm, some of the divers were comfortable in t-shirts

Red Grouper
Photo by Ann, backscatter by Minolta "Snappy Happy" Camera

Nurse Shark
The waters around Belize are full of these sharks, which are quite harmless.

Coney
All the remaining underwater pictures were taken with the Miniolta Dimage after the Olympus was flooded (=destroyed)

See The Pretty Corals


Turneffe Atoll
We spent one day diving around Turneffe Atoll, this is where we stopped for lunch.

Turneffe Atoll Outhouse
The atoll has a lovely outhouse...

Outhouse 2
...which has accomodations for two....

Outhouse 3
...and such is the plumbing

Those Two Again


Dockside


Enroute to Lamanai
Dockside in Belize City --There's a long story here... suffice it to say we wer all glad to be on dry land.

Destiny
After our arduous boat and bus rides, we've still got another 45 minute boat ride to reach the ruins.

Ann & Rhonda
...on the Adventureland boat cruise up the New River

Enroute to Lamanai
Vicente, our guide up the New River to the Mayan Ruins at Lamanai

Better Than Disneyland
but no monkeys on this trip. We did see some Mennonites, though. Or maybe they were Amish...

Color Coordinated...
for the The Adventureland trip to the Mayan Ruins at Lamanai

But Wait...
They're backwards !

Lamanai
Vicente orients us to the tour of the Lamanai Ruins. That's Jeff, our fearless trip leader on the right.

Vines in the Jungle


Tourists and Vines


Photographing the Ants


Leaf Cutter Ants
These tiny critters can carry many times their own wegith in leaf fragments

Colorful Jungle Foliage


The Mayan Mask
Our tour guide Vicente; any resemblance strictly coincidental

Conquest
Trip Leader Jeff makes it to the first level of the climb to the top of the highest temple at Lamanai

Conquest 2
Rhonda, halfway up the steep part.

Conquest 3
It was hot, hot hot, and steep, steep, steep.

Conquest 4
...but we made it to the top.

Conquest 5
Rhonda and Roger atop the Hight Temple at Lamanai

View from the Top
Rhonda and Ann atop the High Temple

Roger, Rhonda and Paul
...back on the ground after the climb.

Oh... Really?


We Hardly Broke A Sweat


The Jaguar Temple
...if you look carefully you can sorta see the outline of a jaguar. The cat, not the car.

Ann & Paul


Vicente
...driving the boat back to our "Destiny" landing...

Locals on the New River


Ice Cream Stop
Unfortunately, this was the worse ice cream we've ever had.

Life Jackets?
We don't need no stinkin' life jackets.

Sundown...
...on the boat-ride-from-hell. You can't tell from the picture, but we were stuck out there.

Waiting for the Rescue Boat
He's not NEARLY as happy as this picture makes him look!

It's MUCH Safer...
...in 40 feet of water!

Some kind of Snapper


Squirrel Fish
Another one of those cooperative suckers posing for the camera.

Christmas Tree Nudibranch
HoHoHo

It's Colorful
...whatever it is.

Goliath Grouper
Aka "Jewfish." This one is not running for governor of Texas.

School of Fish
...gathers beneath the boat at Hol Chan Marine Preserve.

Beware...
...the Nurse shark.

Coral


Coral
Ummm.... ____________ coral

Nurse Sharks
swarming around the boat at Shark Ray Alley


I have to look at the book again.

Fish & Coral
Now there's some color.

Spotted Drum Fish
Pretty rare and fairly exotic.

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KONICA MINOLTA DIGITAL CAMERA

Last Day
A few shots from around San Pedro before we left Belize

Wood Carver
We looked at his stuff but wound up buying from somebody else.

Beach Shack


Sunset


There They Are Again
What? No hat? No Sunglasses?

Giant Moth
... that was clinging to the wall at our hotel

Toucan Painting
a nice tropical touch... also from our hotel room. The closest we got to the real thing.

Siesta Time


Siesta Time 2
The former Emperor of San Pedro takes a nap.

San Pedro
a last stroll down main street for some souvenir shopping.

Roger, Rhonda, and Paul
...all hanging out at the bar, waiting for our 2:00 flight to leave.

The Bartender...
...who told us the drinking age in Belize is "If you can see over the bar."

No soliciting ...
....unless you are either children or adults.

Waving Goodbye
...from the San Pedro airport

Buh Bye