Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Tuesday Monkey River Tour

After a lot of sun on Monday, we were glad there were clouds starting off on Tuesday. We drove again to Mango Creek/Independence and parked the truck and met our Guide, Ralph for the tour.
This is Ralph! He did a great tour!

Sunburn form Monday fishing... We are closest to the sun in May and September.. it takes about 8 minutes to burn!



Wind blown!


This is a Banana Boat! The tug boat pulls it through channel. It will go into the boat yard and be filled up. Most of the Banana's here go to Europe.


The start of the town. No electricity. No cars. I like it!
A view from further back.

up the river we go. These are lobster traps. Lobster season starts again in June. Did you know that our fish and lobster are sold to Red Lobster!!??!!
Our guide showed us SO many things. Lots of birds nesting... great wild like tour. Here are the little bats. So small...

We watched this little guy clime up onto the branch... the sun came out for the river portion of the trip.
OK... look hard. Do you see the Iguana? Bright green. The palm on the left points right to the tip of his nose. So neat!! You can see his body too.

this little guy was next to where we parked the boat to go into the jungle


Jaguar paw print in the dried mud

This little guy is about 2 months old. So cool hanging all by himself. His Mama has his twin by her to the right.


More family hanging out together. After the hurricane in 2001, the most Howler Monkeys you would see together was 4. Now the troupes are back up to 8-12. This is great!

Palm (I forget what kind) seeds. about 4 feet of them hanging.


after the river and jungle you come back for a great lunch! We had Snook (a white fish) or Chicken with rice and stewed yellow peas. SO GOOD!!! I love the food in Belize!
The boat we were in looking down the town. Still my favorite tour in Belize!

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