Belizean Moments…A record breaking beginning to our trip – 50 degrees at Chaa Creek (Snake Creek in Mayan – remember your stories from the Tikal guide?) the blankets helped for those who remembered we had them.

The next day brought a tour of the Mayan underworld at Vaca Cave. On the way we watched two Bat Falcons diving on a white morpho butterfly just getting in practice for the real thing - bats, at dusk.

And indeed we did observe bats at Vaca where the Mayan pots linked past to us in the present, like the great Ceiba tree itself, linking the underworld to the heavens. On the journey home the heavens brought forth a migrating flock of fork-tailed flycatchers, bathing in the roadside pool, a remarkable sight in the afternoon light.

The next day brought the great city of Tikal surrounded by the vast forests of Peten, home of many more migrant birds of which we saw quite a few, wood thrushes and hooded warblers much easier to see here than at home. This is their home where the emerald toucanets roam.

From Chaa Creek to Turneffe Flats from fishing for tarantulas to fishing for bonefish - quite a change. The Blue hole and boobies of Half Moon Caye besieged by frigates and the quiet colorful world of the reef, a rainforest under the sea. Our fish list rivals the bird list – you better Belize it Mon!

Cheers,
Tom