Bush Honey

Tuesday was warm, but not too warm. I hiked up to a new architectual group that is being cleared by the Maya village for us to excavate. The buildings were much larger than I expected, with a central platform about four meters above the plaza floor. There may be a new ballcourt and possibly some stela in the plaza. We'll find out after all the bush is burned and cleared.

The guys working found a dead tree full of honey, so we opened it up and had a feast. Wild honey, machete style. In the video Juan Teul is opening up the tree, while Elutario Mes and I eat honey. Click on the link below to see the video.

Arrving in the rain

It seems that I have brought the rain to Belize. According to my friends here, it has not rained a drop since January, until the day I arrived. By all accounts it started raining while I was still on the plane from Dallas, but I'm still considered to blame. Today is Town Day in my favorite place, Punta Gorda. Goals include re-registering one of the trucks, getting my expired Belize Bank Visa renewed, and trying to get out before the temperature tops a steamy 100 degrees. I'm thinking two out of three is not bad. Then up to Santa Cruz village and Uxbenka for a meeting with the Mopan Maya leadership group.

Here's some pictures of the field camp showing it in a relatively unoccupied state. It's just me until the end of next week, and I'm keeping my foot print to a minimum.

Pre-Belize Blog

This blog will be for sharing with family and friend my work in Belize starting in April 2010. I will try to periodically update the descriptions and pictures so it is accessible to anyone. I'll be headed to Belize April 3rd and will be working there this year until July 2nd. Stay tuned and subscribe.