Today we said goodbye to Tobacco Caye. Staying here felt like we were at an overnight camp. Antonio would blow the conch shell when it was meal time. We got to follow a bunch of rules about what we could do and not do. All in all it was an incredible place to be for a few days. The people are delightful, and the snorkeling was good. Met some interesting people from Britain and Montana. Here are the pictures that I took as we left the island.

From Dangriga, we took a taxi to our place in the jungle. The driver was like having our own private tour guide. At one point oranges were the largest crop in Belize, but they were all destroyed by some kind of disease about 20 years ago. Now bananas are the largest crop and they are working at developing coconut plantations. We got to see one of the coconut plantations on the way. We also got to see a herd of cattle and a herd of buffalo. It turns out the Amish people here are the ones that raised the pigs. After lunch, we walked down the road to the Maya center where we were able to get some ice cream. After dark, we went into the reserve. We walked around for about an hour and a half. It was really interesting to be there in the dark. There was a number of times our guide turned off the light and we just stood there and listened to the sounds around us. Didn’t see a lot of animals, spiders, ants, some kind of rodents up in the trees and a paca. Here are a few pictures I was able to take.

Good night.