Day 9
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A sea of orange after completing the lifeboat drill at our Muster Station. |
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Mike on the stern of the Ryndam, standing in front of the flag of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. |
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Looking aft on the Ryndam's Lower Promenade Deck where our cabin was located. Our stateroom window is indicated by the two red asterisks. |
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I was standing on Deck 11, shooting the camera straight down the side of the Ryndam while Mike leaned out from Deck 6. I'm happy to report we didn't lose Mike overboard during this maneuver. |
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A Frigate Bird. Our guide in Belize City told a funny story about a tourist who asked what type of bird this was, and misunderstood the guide's response. He thought the guide was rather rude when he replied, "It's a friggin' bird!" |
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Sunset at sea. |
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Early in the morning before disembarkation at Santo Tomás in Guatemala, I watched the bus and taxi drivers gather in a circle and say a prayer before starting their day's work. |
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The larger boat on our "Go With Gus" tour. |
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Rio Dulce watercraft: dugout canoes and brightly painted wooden skiffs powered by outboards. |
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A Mayan woman preparing tortillas for us to sample - done by hand over a wood fire. They were scrumptious. |
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Parrots perched on the bows of small dugout canoes paddled by the Mayan children. |
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One of the main streets in Livingston, Guatemala. |
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A thatched-roof house on stilts perched over the Rio Dulce. |
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The eastern side of the palace at the Mayan Chacchoben ruins. |
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Mike resting on a 2,000 year old Mayan wall at Chacchoben. |
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The main staircase leading up the side of the large base upon which the two temples of Chacchoben are built. |
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The smaller of the two temples at Chacchoben. |
