Where: Belize, Central America
When: 2000
Visiting some jungle ruins in the hilly interior of Belize, I was amazed by the beautiful architecture of the pyramids, covered in moss and vines, rising out of the dense forest as reminders of cultures evolved.
Later, I floated down the Belize River with a local man whose name I forget. Enjoying the calm of the black water, my eyes were drawn to the trees again, searching for the huge orange iguanas that lounged on tree limbs over the river. Crocodiles napped on the shores and howler monkeys called out from highest boughs. A fascinating place.
Enjoying the urban areas of Belmopan and Belize City, it was with regret that I left the country sooner than I'd supposed.
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Ruins & Rivers, Monkeys, Iguanas & Crocs
A Jungle Romp Up Carambola Mountain
Where: Honduras, Central America
When: December 2000
Partners: Solo
Traveling to Honduras for the first time in late 2000, I found the jungly landscape intriguing, mesmerizing and mysterious. I set out to climb a peak.
With nothing in the way of high mountains in the region I was visiting, I got beta from locals about a rutted out, rainy route up one of the small but finer peaks in the area - Carambola Mountain. Sitting just off the water, the summit views promised to be inspiring.
Starting from a resort of sorts near the beach, I headed out and up on what began as a good dirt path through the dark and humid jungle. Using vines for handlines while crossing huge ruts in the jungle floor, I soon clammered my way up to the forested summit. What views I had were special.
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