Today was a great start for the Tourism Eco Camp. The kids had a very long day. We assembled at Hode’s Place this morning and left just after 8:30 a.m. for Che Chem Ha. My role is to document the trips and activities through photographs, video and blogging, but today I also took a second …
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Within two days, the Tourism Eco Camp is set to begin. Tonight we will have our final meeting to iron out all the details. It is a great feeling to know that what was once a dream is now a reality, and hundreds of hours of planning has now materialized into this Eco Camp. Last …
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The Belize Archeology and Anthropology Symposium gets under way at the San Ignacio Resort Hotel for the next four days. The special topic for Archeology is ‘Ancient Maya Domestic Economy, subsistence commerce and industry. If you can remember, last year’s topic was ‘The Common Household’, therefore this year’s topic follows as a parte dos or …
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The brainstorming for a summer camp started about two years ago among the board members of the CTGA. In the planning were Joe Awe, Heri Peña, Shahira Muschamp and few others I can recall going to a few meetings. Unfortunately, the plans never became reality as the Administration changed but the idea seemed to have …
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For the past few weeks I have observed that excavations had started at the site of Cahal Pech, so today I had a chance to go and do Some investigations of my own. Cahal Pech has been heavily excavated for the past 60 years or so, but since 2011 excavations have unearthed large portions of …
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A few years ago Mr. Buckley approached me, he had heard we were planning to create a webpage for the CTGA at that time we were still brainstorming the idea. He handed me a few sheets of paper entitled History of the C.T.G.A and told me that he and Don Sam had wrote it and …
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We are well aware that the beautiful jungles are being cut down throughout the country, wether that is as a direct result of logging, mining, agriculture, residential development or wild bush fires. Also on that list we find illegal logging, archeological restorations and even tourism development. The fact remains that jungles are being cleared in …
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For what happens to the children of man and what happens to the beasts is the same; as one dies, so dies the other. They all have the same breath, and man has no advantage over the beasts, for all is vanity. All go to one place. All are from the dust, and to dust …
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Christmas Day is certainly a great time to spend with the family watching classic movies or hosting a party with enough food to feed fifty, and plenty of drinks flowing, but for most tour guides of San Ignacio, our Christmas Day is spent dealing with rustic roads and occasionally rain. Tours leave early to Mayan …
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