JaJaJeEv » Belize http://jajajeev.com Jayne, James, Jex & Evanora Sun, 09 May 2010 14:18:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Caracol http://jajajeev.com/2010/05/08/caracol/ http://jajajeev.com/2010/05/08/caracol/#comments Sat, 08 May 2010 15:39:47 +0000 Jayne http://jajajeev.com/?p=269 We ventured off road to this vast Mayan settlement in Belize.  The 1200 year old main temple called Caana is still the tallest building in Belize at 141 ft. There can’t be many countries in the world with such an old tallest building.

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]]> http://jajajeev.com/2010/05/08/caracol/feed/ 0 Tikal! http://jajajeev.com/2010/05/08/tikal/ http://jajajeev.com/2010/05/08/tikal/#comments Sat, 08 May 2010 15:33:38 +0000 Jayne http://jajajeev.com/?p=267 On a recent trip to Guatemala we popped over to Tikal for some magnificent Mayan temple viewing.  Temple 1 and the resting place of Lord Chocolate sits majestically in the background.

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]]> http://jajajeev.com/2010/05/08/tikal/feed/ 0 This picture is unique! http://jajajeev.com/2010/02/18/this-picture-is-unique/ http://jajajeev.com/2010/02/18/this-picture-is-unique/#comments Thu, 18 Feb 2010 17:37:34 +0000 Jayne http://jajajeev.com/?p=262 The number of times I have tried, as a mother, to get the perfect picture of my kids.  Personally, I think this comes quite close.  Once again it was taken on the pier.

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]]> http://jajajeev.com/2010/02/18/this-picture-is-unique/feed/ 1 Hanging out by the beach http://jajajeev.com/2010/02/18/hanging-out-by-the-beach/ http://jajajeev.com/2010/02/18/hanging-out-by-the-beach/#comments Thu, 18 Feb 2010 17:34:18 +0000 Jayne http://jajajeev.com/?p=260 The sea is just a hop, skip and a jump so that’s what we do after school.

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]]> http://jajajeev.com/2010/02/18/hanging-out-by-the-beach/feed/ 0 Surf n Turf! http://jajajeev.com/2010/02/18/surf-n-turf-in-san-pedro/ http://jajajeev.com/2010/02/18/surf-n-turf-in-san-pedro/#comments Thu, 18 Feb 2010 17:13:45 +0000 Jayne http://jajajeev.com/?p=256 We tried our first lobster in Belize and we weren’t disappointed.  The ‘blue Iguana’ bar and restaurant conducted a love poems competition as background entertainment while we ate.  We gave top marks to a love affair between a black-eyed lobster and the poet.  Peculiar stuff.

surf n turf night in San Pedro

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Fishing for supper off the pier

]]> http://jajajeev.com/2010/02/18/fishing-off-the-pier/feed/ 2 The beginning of our next destination – Belize http://jajajeev.com/2010/01/25/the-beginning-of-our-next-destination-belize/ http://jajajeev.com/2010/01/25/the-beginning-of-our-next-destination-belize/#comments Mon, 25 Jan 2010 03:15:55 +0000 Jayne http://jajajeev.com/?p=251 We managed a few days hanging out by the Caribbean sea while we investigated home rental opportunities, schooling etc etc in Belize.  Nice.

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And another one …

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Jex managed a spot of coconut tree climbing in between school.

Coconut tree in Belize

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