More Mayan ruins at Cahal Pech
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Sunlight on the ruins
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A brown basilisk lizard – these are also known as the jesus lizards as they can run over water when at top speed. He was right near the pool, which I had to assure my daughters he was unlikely to sprint across.
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A spiny-backed orbweaver weaving its web.
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We left the interior jungles for some time on the coast – where we found this snowy egret with its breakfast
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A large flock of scarlet macaws takes off in a burst of colour. We were quite distant from these birds but you could hear their cacophony from a distance.
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Scarlet macaws on the wing
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Leaf-cutter ants hard at work. There was a huge line of these ants dicing up and harvesting the leaves off the forest floor.
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Acorn woodpeckers
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We hopped a boat to explore the Belize Barrier Reef – the second largest reef system in the world – and to get this close-up of a magnificent frigatebird.