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7 Reasons to Vacation in Belize

7 Reasons to Vacation in Belize | Cayo Scoop!  The Ecology of Cayo Culture | Scoop.it

Style Blueprint has a nice article about visiting Belize.  Surely in Cayo alone there are 700 reasons to visit.  Ka'ana gets a great shout out in the article, along with many of the sites around Cayo, like MPR, ATM, Caracol, and Big Rock Falls.  And of course the amazing food is talked about.  Worth a read.

 

"Travel to the western part of the country to hike through lush jungles and visit world-renowned historical sites. One option is to take a day tour into the Chiquibul Forest Reserve via the Mountain Pine Ridge to visit one of the largest Maya cities in Belize: Caracol. This ancient city served as the political center of the Maya population. As you explore Caracol, keep an eye out for howler monkey, keel-billed toucans, and other wildlife.

 

More adventurous travelers can explore historic cave systems, including the famous Actun Tunichil Muknal (ATM) Cave in the Cayo District. You’ll hike for about 45 minutes through a wonderful nature reserve with numerous crystal-clear stream crossings. After a short swim, you’ll take a guided hike into the cave system, which still contains evidence of the Maya civilization, including ceramics, stoneware and skeletal remains."

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Excavating Maya Ruins in the Jungle

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Some Sunday humor.  The title alone makes this archaeological entry worth reading.  

 

"So why am I here with archaeologists daring the snakes of Belize?  Why did I help excavate human remains this year from ruins, and hang from vines, roots and branches off the side of a giant stone pyramid last year?  We're hunting clues to a longstanding mystery - the collapse of the ancient Maya empire.  The ancient Maya civilization encompassed an area twice the size of Germany, occupying what is now southern Mexico and northern Central America, including Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras.  At the height of the Maya empire, known as the Classic period, which stretched from roughly 250 AD to at least 900 AD, perhaps as many as 25 million people lived there, achieving a population density greater than that of medieval Europe.  For uncertain reasons, the ancient Maya civilization apparently collapsed more than a thousand years ago, with its population declining catastrophically to a fraction of its former size. Researchers want to find out why."

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