It’s the new year and we are off to an adventure in Belize. Why here? Joel wanted to try some place new, we’ve been to Mexico, to Costa Rica. Belize offers both jungle and beach. We started in the mountains, at a Jungle Lodge. 
We were greeted by a Goddess and by Rosie. This is the way I see her every day. No work for her.
More garden statuary.
These fearsome Collared Aracaris get first choice at the fruit. 
Only later can other birds join in. 
A Kinkajou is tempted down most evenings with bananas. 
30 years ago this area was stripped bear for farming, but wasn’t doing too well. The DuPlooy Family bought the land and painstakingly brought back the jungle. Along with the lodge they have created the biggest ecological garden in the country. 
some of the flora in the garden.
Jungle and bridge.
Bamboo is not native to Central America, it thrives. Look at the tunnel it creates. 
The beach, and the cliff on the other side of the Macal river.
It is a little chillier here than expected, part of that is the horrible winter storm up north. Part of it is because it’s been cloudy with a dense canopy. Now to go out and explore.
Leah