Our last "field trip" was this past weekend. We went to the Belize Zoo and The Blue Hole National Park to perform an evaluation of the facilities and really to just have some fun too! Now this Blue Hole is not THE Blue Hole that is pictured on the top of our blog. This is a National Park inland that has a significant cave system that the Mayans used for rituals and also a sinkhole where the underground river's ceiling collapsed. We went on a 2 hour hike through the cave that was breath taking as well as very challenging. Tons of slippery wet clay and mud made for a messy time for all! Afterwards we all cooled off in the Blue Hole. Pat swam up into the cave and promptly scared a bunch of bats relaxing in the cave and they flew out over his head and into the jungle.... very cool!
The Zoo houses animals that have either been left behind from films or have been rescued. A very nice zoo set in a wonderful, natural setting.
Enjoy the pictures!
A Scarlet Macaw
The Entrance to St. Herman's Cave
Keri the Spelunker!
The entrance again, from the outside.
Stairs to the entrance
Hiking in to the cave
Weird tree at the zoo!
Doesn't this Jaguar look like Tigger here?
Gibnuts! These rodents are evidently very tasty too! Definitely on the menu before I leave!
A Maguey.... cats are the same wherever you go!
A Toucan, but not the famous Keel Billed (Guinness) variety
Spider Monkey posing
A baby Tapir (mountain cow).... the national animal of Belize!
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