Greatest Swimming Hole of All
Times
Butterfly Falls Located in the
Hidden Valley Inn in the
Pine Ridge Mountains Of Belize

This Mayan Ruin , Xunnatunich
( Zoo-nan-two-nich)
is located only a few hundred
yards from Guatamala
and was built and used by the
Mayans somewhere
between 300 AD and 900 AD.
The Pyramid behind me which
I climbed is 330
feet above the ground and is
the second tallest
Pyramid in the country.
What a beautiful flower, Heliconias
also referred
to as "False Bird-Of-Paradise"
.
They grow all over the Jungles
in Belize.
This is a rare Iguana known
naturally as the Green Iguana.
What a beautiful orchid that
I have at my house
in Fort Worth. It is referred
to as a Myrmecophila
Tibicinisand is also referred
to in Belize as the Cow
Horn Orchid because certain
insects can get inside
certain parts of the orchid
and keep predators away.
This Orchid (Encyclia Cochleata
also known as
the Black Orchid) is the national
flower of Belize
and has the rare ability to
grow all year round.
We ended our trip on one of
the out islands of
Belize , Ambergris Caye where
I dove at the dive
site (The Blue Hole) made famous
by
Jacques Cousteau .