I had to go to Belmopan, the capital of Belize, to get my excavation permits for this year's project. It's generally a bit of bureaucratic brew-ha-ha, but went remarkably smoothly. Amazing. I stayed with my friend Jaime who is also the director or archaeology for the whole country and spent some time playing with his very smart two year old. On Sunday I took a trip to Xunantunich, a large capital of a Terminal Classic polity on the Belize River. It had been seven years since I visited, and now the site have been restored for tourism. Its a big site that dominated the upper part of the river for almost a century. Pretty fun being a tourist.

Now off to St. Louis for 3 days meetings, then back to Belize on Friday. A whirlwind tour of the US.