A Week in Snapshots Around Belize: Things Getting Back to Normal

Man…what a week!  The post Hurricane Earl clean-up and life getting back to normal, the Supreme Court ruling in Belize against the illegality of homosexuality, the Olympics (with Simone Biles who is a US AND Belize citizen) and HOT beautiful weather.

I MEAN HOT.  I had about 2 and a half minutes to eat this ice cold paleta.

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Here are some of the photos that I have been posting on my Instagram account along with some others from around the country.  A Week in Belize.

Just over a week ago, waiting with the cows at San Ignacio’s pretty airstrip to GET BACK TO THE ISLAND after the hurricane.

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Just two days before I had been evacuated from the Chiquibul Forest where I had been baby-sitting scarlet macaws (this blog is coming tomorrow) – WHAT A GORGEOUS LANDSCAPE.

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And strange creatures.  This stinging caterpillar is as big as my hand.

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We were waiting for this guy to fledge.  His sibling left before I arrived, he…a bit more hesitant.Inst (22)

Many docks were destroyed by the storm.  Here at X’tan Ha Resort.

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And this gorgeous baby girl was found washed across a highway separated from her mom on the mainland.  She is now named Hope and lives at WildTracks (check them out…they do AMAZING work.)

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But resorts and businesses worked feverishly to clean up the beach – and to salvage wood to rebuild.  The coast is again looking beautiful.

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Some relocated, like the San Pedro Belize Express Water Taxi, which is now using the municipal pier in Central Park.

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The bar El Norte, 11 miles north made it thru the storm.

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The beach in Tres Cocos.

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And about 13 miles north.

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This three legged dog slept through the whole thing.  Here she is sleeping with her eyes open.

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And running on the beach a few days ago.

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We have been having some amazing sunrises and sunsets.

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And good news.  TWO new direct flights are coming to Belize.  From Denver and from Toronto.

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And the Supreme Court ruling.

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Which reminded me of two quotes I saw this week.  One on a park bench in San Ignacio, Belize.

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“Minds are like parachutes, they only function when open”

and…

On Caye Caulker, “Kind words are the music of the world”.

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It was international elephant day – and I HAD to get out my photos of wild Indian elephants in Thekkady, Kerala, India spotted in February.

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And get out some of the pretty things I got in India…and to start day dreaming about my next trip.

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The week was big for fishing…a team is down for tarpon tagging and the fishing seems to be great.

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AND they were featured in The Drake Magazine.

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A new beer is in Belize!  And it’s being featured at The Truck Stop.  Still big news around here, since Belikin was a total monopoly for years, and the selection is still fairly limited.

Amstel Bright.

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So there you have it.  The week in Belize…

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Come down and see us sometime…

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