Belize 2a – Rainforest
Adventure – New River
Joe Naumann – UMSL Geographer
Additional photos by Norman Chiou
February 16, 2006
Itinerary
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7:00 a.m. Mass
7:30 a.m. Breakfast
8:00 a.m. Leave for Orange Walk
9:00 a.m. Begin river journey to
Lamanai archaeological site
• 6:00 p.m. Dinner at Trinidad Farm
• 7:30 p.m. Prayer input – Maya &
Christian images of God
• 9:00 p.m. Social time
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The
adventure
begins
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• We leave
Trinidad Farm
(1) and drive
north on the
North
Highway to
Orange Walk
(2), Belize
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River Journey
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1. At Orange
Walk, we get
our tour guides
and boats and
travel south on
the New River
2. Disembark at
the Lamanai
Archaeological
Site
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Tour company in Orange Walk
• Pick up guide
• Pick up packed
lunch
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Stewed chicken
Red beans & rice
Fried plantain
Green salad
Ripe banana
• Drive to the
river
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Restroom break at the dock
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Epiphyte Cactus Cascading
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A Closer Look
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A pause to refresh before
pushing off on the river journey.
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Nice spots for relaxing along
the riverbank.
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Boarding the boat
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Bee pollinating a water lily along
side the dock
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We’re heading south on the
New River to Lamanai
• To get a sense of the ride, click the picture.
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Sights along the riverbanks –
great photo opportunities.
• Iguanas
• Crocodiles
• Bats
• Flowers
• Tree termites
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Thick vegetation stabilizes the
riverbanks.
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Small bats
sleep
attached
to the tree
and look
like the
bark.
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Iguana
sunning
itself on
top of a
short tree.
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Beautiful tropical flower
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Pollinated flower has lost its
petals and is beginning to develop
the fruit.
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Another variety of the same
flower
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The
ripening
fruit of
the
beautiful
tropical
flowers.
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Palmetto
blooming
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Epiphyte attached to a tree
trunk.
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Green iguana sunning itself.
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Crocodile along the riverbank.
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Tropical termites build nests in
trees, not in the ground.
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Mennonites farm and make
furniture in Belize.
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Water Lilies Everywhere
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Picture of our boat taken by
Norman
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Disengaging our boat from the
riverbank vegetation after having
slammed into it.
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Docking at Lamanai
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We’ve arrived!
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