Birds...where are they?

So we went out early this morning for our bird watching trip. We drove about an hour and then took a small boat across to a small island in the middle of Lake Peten (that's where we are). We then basically walked across the island in search of birds. We found a few but not as many as we would have like or as they told us we would! Oh well that's nature. It was a nice warm day to walk around.

We came back and had a nice lunch. Then sat around and did nothing for a while which was just fine. Around sunset we took a walk up the road and found a few other birds around. And a small dog who took a walk with us for while too.

Tonight is one more dinner and then leave early in the morning for the trip home.

Sorry no photos today. When we get home, we'll post on the photo site when we can.

Enjoy!!

Yaxha

After a lazy morning, we took an afternoon trip to another Mayan site called Yaxha. It is about 2 hours from the hotel and would have been about a 2 week walk from Tikal in Mayan days. It is significantly less well excavated than Tikal and what is has mostly been rebuilt because its in a poor state of repair from almost 1500 years of the jungle regrowing.

We saw a few birds (overall slow bit day). Some monkeys in the trees and apparently a gray fox ran by but neither of us saw it.

We climbed to the highest of the temple buildings overlooking a lake and watched the sunset. It was the nicest sunset we had so far and was a perfect place to watch. See the photo below.

Tomorrow we have an early start to a place that's supposed to be good for birds.

Enjoy.

Saturday morning

So far it's looking like a nice day here. The sun finally broke through the clouds and it's probably around 70 degrees now. We ate breakfast watching the birds. We could hear the howlers monkeys today but not see them yet.

This afternoon we are going to another Mayan site and will stay there to watch the sunset. Hopefully it will be cleat enough for a real sunset.

Hope everyone is having a good weekend.

Spike

Just one more quick post today. This is Spike with his poor little cast. He broke his leg...well actually his sister Violet broke his leg in a misunderstanding they had last weekend. Fortunately, our friend and dog sitter Martha is taking good care of him while we're gone.

Greetings from Guatemala

We are in Guatemala for a short 5 day trip. Posts will be short since I'm doing this from the phone and typing is slow. We arrived on Thursday to Flores and then drive about an hour to where we are staying. It's a place called La Lancha. One of the sister resorts to the places we stayed in Belize a few yeas ago. Owen by Francis Ford Coppola. The place is very nice.

This morning we woke up to the sounds of howler monkeys. It's not quite howling but really very loud grunting. We recorded it an if we can figure out how we'll post is.

We took a trip to Tikal today. A large and probably the most famous of the Mayan sites. It is a huge complex that is still only about 25% excavated.

Will post just one photo. This is the lake near where we are staying. This is the view from the place meals are served.

Enjoy!