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| Welcome to the Casa Maya Eco Lodge... |
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The ruins of Xunantunich ("stone woman" or "maiden of the rock"). |
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| Our Mayan guide, Elmo, describing what is known about the ancient Mayans. |
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A Mayan King's Eye View looking north from atop 130 foot El Castillo. |
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| The view south towards San Jose Succotz. Guatamala is a few miles to the west. |
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| Julia explores a possible new occupation as ferry master. |
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| Setting off from just below Xunantunich, we pass the hand-cranked ferry. |
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One of our many less-than-graceful handlings of the many little waterfalls. |
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| Riverside lunch -- left to right: Lucy, John, Rebecca, David, Frank, Julia, Charlie (one of our guides), Alan, Angelina, myself, and our local guide Elmo. |
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The ceiba tree is the Mayan sacred tree of life. It has an unusual shape in that all of the branches reside at the crown. |
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