This is Hot water falls at Finca Paraiso. A nice place to swim.

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The floor of the jungle gets very little sun light so the plants have different ways to cope with this. The love tree grows tall and thin to reach the sunlight above. It wraps its limbs around another tree for support. As it gets larger it will kill the other tree. love it to death I guess.

Ok I am going back in time to when we were in Isla Mujeres in some of the best waters I have fished. I Talked with my friend Thomas Boylan today and he told me he was fixing up a beautiful off shore fishing boat. Next time I go fishing with him it may be in style. Any of you sailors going near Isla Mujeres stop in at Marina Paraiso and have a beer with Thomas a better host would be hard to find.

I may be a brave sailor but indiana Jones I am not. No way am I going through that door it is very dark in there.

We all know that the ivory billed woodpecker is extinct, or is it. We saw several woodpeckers in the jungle of Guatemala that would fit the description. I am sure it is not the Ivory billed but it is a dapper looking bird. If you know the name of this bird please post it on the blog under comments.

Although there have been no comments on the blog several people told us they liked the photos of the rouins so here is another.

Linda got a good head start gowing down from temple four. I am about half way down myself. When you stand at the bottom you cannot see the top for all the foliage on the trees. Temple four is the tallest but not the steepest there are some of the ladders that I would not climb. There are others so steep they want let any tourist climb.

This animal is in the same family as the racoon but it is not nocturnal. They are usely seen in groups of four to eight. This one was moving slow enough that I could get this video. we have seen a lot of Monkeys but they move through the trees so fast I canot keep them in focus. Try to take a video of a cat squirrel and you will see what I mean.

There is a lot of wildlife in the Jungle it is not hard to see but it is hard to take photos as they dont sit still for long.

You probably saw this photo on the cover of national geographic but I had to take my on shot. On the 2nd day at Tikal after a good nights rest from the day before we climbed up to near the top of temple two and took this photo of temple one. I also took about thirty other shots from this location as from here you can see ruins in all directions. This area is known as the grand plaza.

The first afternoon at Tikal we went to the back of the park and climbed the steps to near the top of temple four, the tallest temple in the park. What a view from there temple 1,2 and 3 rising up through the canopy of the jungle. At this point linda and I both have legs that are burning from overuse and sit on the steps for a much needed break.

This is the bottom of a Ceiba tree the national tree of guatemala it is illegal to cut any Ceiba tree down if caught doing so you would be put in prison. Even if it were on your own property.

This is the national tree of guatemala the maya believe this tree is the axle of the earth. it grows to 70 meters tall with a diameter of over three meters.

This is a view from near the top of temple 4 the first temple we climbed in the park. by the time we got to the top our legs were like jello. but the view was well worth the pain.

Through a hole in the canopy of the jungle in Tikal we saw this site. The photo was good thought you might like to see. The trees in the foreground are over 100 feet tall.

This is a tug boat that someone has converted in to a tour boat on the Rio about 1-1/2 miles up river from Livingston. We didn't see any Pirates on this day I think they all hid when they heard we were coming. Scared I guess. or maybe they drank too much rum last night.

JD has been trying to teach me to drive the dinghy and here I am and Bob you would be proud to know I can go and not just in circles anymore.

We were playing with the new camera-but as you can see I have totally stopped wearing make-up and JD has curtailed his shaving. But we are atill having fun

This is a good picture of JD taken with our new camera--he said he has gotten so lazy I should take a picture every 30 minutes to see of he is still moving

There is no way we can take a picture that will show how beautiful the river is.

Linda is walking on a plank across from our new slip at Tortugal marina. Notice the orchids in the background they are in almost every tree but they are in a variety of colors.

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Perch for sale fresh from the river. these are big good tasting pan fish. We usually catch our own but sometimes we buy a couple of large ones instead of going fishing.

This is a boat load of crabs for sale by one of the local fisherman.