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sunrise at Hotel Rancho Estero y Mar in El Salvador, about to leave for the airport to fly to Belize City
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Island Magic Beach Resort in Caye Caulker
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water taxi goes from Belize City to Caye Caulker (and back) a few times a day
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huevos rancheros after I arrived
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Belize is part of the Commonwealth
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the front of my hotel
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with my underwater camera off the spit
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not much of a beach here
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main street of Caye Caulker; only golf carts allowed; no cars
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habanero sauce is popular
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delicious almond and coconut shake with my breakfast
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selling tamales on the street; he had lots of takers
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many docks on this side of the island
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the bags ready for the water taxi to go back to Belize City
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water taxi; it was almost 30 degrees here, a nice break from the super cold Toronto winter
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Tropic Air flight to Flores, this is Belize City airport; video of the takeoff
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cenotes
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the town of Flores is visible here - quite a setting!
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about to land at Flores; only 4 passengers on the plane
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the plane
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we were the only ones at passport control
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ants, the next morning on the sunrise tour at Tikal
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climbing up to Temple IV, but seeing sunrise is rare - it tends to be cloudy in the mornings
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like this, but there were howler monkeys
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inside a storage cave; there was a bat too (not pictured)
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slowly leading up to the big temples
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our group
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Temple V
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Temple I, with our guide
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Temple II
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wooden stairs up the back of Temple II
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view of Temple I
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North Acropolis
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I think this is the south side of the main plaza
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Temple II and North Acropolis
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walking up the North Acropolis
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Temple II; video of the area
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back of Temple I
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walking back to my hotel
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interesting looking tree
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my hotel; electricity shut off after 9pm and the only electricity in the room was one light
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the grounds of my hotel - I just napped between the sunrise and sunset tours
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on the sunset tour
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bed
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throne
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me with Temple II
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incense burning
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Liz and Joel heading up to North Acropolis for sunset viewing
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nice view of temple in the distance
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flying back to Belize City, Flores in the distance there
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cave tubing near Belize City
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with a family of 10 (including the 4 grandparents) from Houston
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Chinese restaurant where I had dinner, near my hotel Bella Sombra Guesthouse - a nice hotel, but not a nice area!
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back in El Salvador at Rancho Estero y Mar
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the Pacific was so warm!
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my balcony straight ahead
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fish tacos
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parrot at my hotel
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view from my balcony
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interesting grounds!
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I played some pool on the slanted table
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the next morning, about to fly back to Toronto
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