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The Winding Road to Caracol
In 1995 Belize was working on a massive undertaking – the excavation of a site of Mayan ruins that had been discovered in the 1930s by a local logger. Now, decades later, archaeologists…
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Roadside Assistance is on the Way!
Here’s what we were planning to do today… Here’s what we were doing instead… Our driver and tour guide for a day at the Caracol Mayan Ruins picked us up shortly after 7:30…
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Green Iguanas Galore
This morning Julian and I parted ways. We’ve realized that after so many days of travel and activity it’s helpful for me to have some down time alone, usually staying at our lodging…
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Across the Border to Tikal Guatemala
It was too tempting to resist. Our place in San Ignacio sits less than 30 minutes from the border of Guatemala, and many companies offer day tours to the UNESCO world heritage site…
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Into An Ancient Mayan Tomb
It’s impossible to capture the adventure we had today with a camera, in part because it is something one can only fully experience firsthand, and in part because some clumsy “Joe Smith” dropped…
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On the Streets of San Ignacio
A nondescript wooden hut sits on the corner down the street from our house. If we didn’t know better, we probably would have walked past it all week long and never noticed it.…
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First Morning in Belize
The sounds of the jungle greeted me this morning as I awoke at our Airbnb in San Ignacio, Belize. I love getting up early, brewing a cup of hot tea, and sitting outside…
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New England Fall Foliage Trip Day Ten: Adventures in Acadia National Park
What should one do at 5:30 in the morning on a clear day when staying only a mile from the Maine Coast? Get up and go watch the sunrise, of course! Claire and…
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New England Fall Foliage Trip Day Eight: East to New Hampshire
The bookshop beneath our apartment beckoned us this morning before we headed out from Waterbury. Our visit was short and sweet, and Waterbury was a perfect location for a little bit of sight-seeing…
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New England Fall Foliage Trip Day Four: From the Bay State to the Green Mountain State
We said farewell to our wonderful hotel and boarded the bus for our final ride through Boston to the Budget car rental office where we would be picking up our car for the…
