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Friday, January 21, 2011

The count down begins

We will be leaving from JFK on Feb. 1st and returning to same on Feb. 28th. Getting closer!!

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San Pedro Columbia

Helping with lunch - making plantain tortillas

Maya Mountain research farm

Forest in the dugout that brought us up the river

Maya Mountain Research Farm

Our jungle palapa - had to chase out some alarmingly huge spiders first.

A huge ceiba tree mid-jungle hike to ruins

Lubantun

It was hot!!

Lubantun

Naturally settled ruin wall - one of my fav. pics.

Lubantun

Uncommon curved temple corner

Lubantun

Original tight stone work

MMRF

Forest using machete to open just harvested coconuts (not without some serious effort)

MMRF

Bananas hung to ripen, coconut shredder and corn and cacao grinders below

The cacao roaster

Roasted beans ready for course grind

High tech equipment

Nibs ready for winnowing

Nibs into smooth paste (liquor)

Separating cocoa powder from cocoa butter

In the mixer for three days

Tempering the choc. in small batches

The cooling rack for filled forms

Fresh Fruit Slushie

Mango, Tambran, Sour Sap

Giant thatch palms in the jungle

Washing clothes at the pila

A common sight throughout central america.

Flowers in Livingston

The amazing meal we had

Read whole fish, whole crab, whole shrimp in a coconut soup with caribbean spices and plantain. Wish I had a picture of it, it was as good as it looked.

Our booty from the beach

Kickin' at the beach

Cool Lizard

hide and seek

In the moist coastal jungle

Giant palm fronds

The final of the "7 Alters" falls

It was a nice swim

Working boat

On top of Temple IV

Don't look down....

That's me at the bottom somewhere

Our jungle monkey

Not yet completely excavated ruin

Strangler Fig in Tikal. "Arbol de Amor"

Swinging in the jungle of Tikal

Grey Necked Rail in Tikal

Our amazing guide at Tikal, Louis

calling in the croc

Food dish from the grill in Panajachel

imap

The crew at IMAP. Canada, Brazil, Argentina, America, and Guatemala represented

imap

Morning fishing on atitlan

imap

The fig tree that had hundreds of birds in it. It was fruiting.

IMAP

Our favorite pathway

IMAP

New friends

IMAP

Chicken setting in Andrea and Chico's house. There were three other boxes of peeps too. Makes me think of my house.

IMAP

Andrea weaving in her home

IMAP

Amazing fig tree. Watch out for the ants

IMAP

IMAP - Forest contemplates Sketch of Lake for his homework journal

IMAP

IMAP - citrus trees getting love

IMAP

IMAP - Forest assists with the machete

IMAP

Clearing and terracing citrus trees with Silvestre

IMAP

Lake Atitlan in the morning

IMAP

View from dining table

Antigua

in Antigua. Roof top cafe. Waiter carried two large soup plates up this!

Antigua

beautiful doors in Antigua.

Antigua

Cooking class in Antigua. Doblados and tacos - Fried of course

famous jade. Save that copy for us joan!

The Taxi hub in Antigua

view from the top

Good spot to see parrots

Good grilled food in an alley

The best toasted marshmallows ever

Volcanos never far from sight

Earth Lodge view

These kids were a lot of fun

avocados in the beginning

a little bigger..

La Merced Inglesia

wooden instruments and more for sale on a side street

Where we study spanish

Local bus

Waiting for barber

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