Belize 2b – Rainforest
Adventure – Maya Site –
preparing for the hike
Joe Naumann – UMSL Geographer
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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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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We’ve arrived!
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Outstanding facilities and
landscaping
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The museum is in the
background
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Thatched picnic pavilions.
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Palm thatch
viewed
from the
inside.
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Constructed the traditional way.
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Traditional lunch before our hike.
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The menu
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Stewed chicken
Red beans and rice
Fried plantain
Potato salad
Green salad
Hot peppers and onions (WOW!)
Bottled soda
Tree-ripened bananas
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There was plenty, and it was
good.
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Stand of banana palms near the
picnic pavilion.
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New River in the background.
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Wild Banana & Red Ginger
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Variegated shrub & red ginger
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Black Orchid
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We visit the museum
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Stone with glyphs
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Stone with glyphs
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Stone
with
glyphs
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Stela #9 –
an
important
find.
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Illustration of Stela #9
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A closer
look at
Stela #9
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Mayan dwelling
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Illustration
of the
Jaguar
Temple
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Yucatan
Map
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Pottery artifact
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Antonio,
our Mestizo
guide,
points out
our hiking
route – my
excitement
is mounting.
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