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March 4 - jungle walk in Lamanai

Before I forget, Sunday night was a very interesting night of sleeping. The male black howler monkey was active in the area throughout the night and not only kept us up until nearly midnight, but also decided to verbally defend his territory around 4:00am. Needless to say, his unique cry that can be heard from miles away woke us up just down the path. Despite the difficulty sleeping, it was quite novel; but if he starts again tonight, the novelty will have disappeared.

Okay, onto today. We decided since it was our last day here to relax and unwind; we started with a 6am jungle walk where we saw a few birds, walked out to the Lamanai ruins and saw a red vulture drying his wings atop the Jungle Temple. On the way there, we stopped by the Sugar Mill which I discussed yesterday. But since this morning had better light, I'll include a few morning photos here too.

Turkey vulture on Jaguar Temple, Lamanai

Sugar mill with fig tree in Lamanai

The rest of the morning and afternoon was spent reading, having lunch and chatting with a nice young couple from Switzerland who ironically have visited many of the same areas we have (Galapagos, Bahamas, Africa). Tonight we're going to do the night safari again since we enjoyed it so much the first time. Then we'll be done in Lamanai and Belize, as we leave tomorrow morning at 7:30.

I'm hoping we have some interesting stories and new photos either from our spotlight safari tonight or our ride up the New River back to the airport tomorrow. But if not, this will be the last of our daily (or near-daily) posts from our Belize adventure blog. However, I hope to be add additional thoughts and highlights, including video postings of our trip in the coming weeks.

So for now, I'll sign off with photos of the interior of our cabana and view from our deck...