Jan sitting by a statue of a Mayan warrior in front of the zoo, Guatemala City, Guatemala.
A picture of the town of Flores, taken from a boat. Flores is situated on an island in the middle of a shallow crystaline lake.
Peasant houses and cayucos (dugout canoes) in Flores, Guatemala.
Jan and a peasant woman & her son in a cayuco {dugout canoe}. The woman gave us a ride from the village in the background back to Flores.
A Mayan temple which Jan & I went to visit in Belize. Workers were "restoring" it for the sake of future tourists. There were 2 British soldiers on top of it with telescopes to keep an eye out for possible Guatemalan troop movements.
Mayan ruins near San Ignacio, Belize. View from atop the main temple.
View of surrounding area from the top of the Mayan temple near San Ignacio.
Looking out over the border towns at the Belize - Guatemala {border} line {, San Ignacio, Belize}.
Along the waterfront in Belize City, the principal city of Belize.
A view of the city from a nearby island that Jan & I walked to on a causeway. Belize City is built on the ocean & a river mouth, is very low & hot, and has open sewers that drain into the ocean.
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