Mayan Princess Belize

... on the little guy...  Everything we passed, he had some cool information about.  He told us all about Belize, it's citizens, economy, prison system, vegetation....EVERYTHING!!  It was great!!  Finally, we arrived at the ...

... is a melting pot, he said. David mentioned his own ethnicity as being a mix of Portuguese, African and Mayan.  For more information on demographics in Belize, go here. Heading out of the city, we drove past the Marion Jones Sports Complex. David said ...

... to move!  The cave had been used by the Mayans for rituals and there was a perfectly preserved (calcified) skeleton of a Mayan princess, who had been sacrificed. We had to come back out of the cave the way we'd come in, but it was much ...

... said he gets it all the time. 30th Dec 09: One more full day in San Ignacio, today we set off on 2 hour drive to see Mayan ruins in Belize. We missed the armed guard at the entrance as we were late but managed to get to the ruins without being robbed by ...

... . The chambers in the cave, especially "The Cathedral" was just amazing. And then we saw what we came to see - The Princess! A full skeleton, that of a young lady sacrificed to the Gods by the Mayan kings. The scramble out of the cave was as equally ...

... activities before the sacrifice whilst the member of royalty was simply beheaded. We saw a prisoner adult, baby, child's and a young princess skulls and bones scattered on the dusty caves floor surrounding us from one chamber to the next. Until we reached ...

... neither without its perils. I know my attempt at Cinderella in Placencia was rather disappointing but I certainly had a good stab at the Princess and the Pea in Caye Caulker. Despite the fact that the room contained one double and one single bed both were ...

... an insight to touristed Belize.  This is an American tourist destination.  Unlike the other parts of Guatemala and Belize, here is where i encountered stereotypical loud Americans.  I was impressed that some of them went on this ...

... the river which was kinda cool. Saw lots of iganas and blue tailed twitchers. or some other made up birds. Racheal looked like a princess in her boat and not in a good way. And Rasta Dave smoked lots of massive spliffs. Though he does live in ...

... and Hotel Nice Guy¨  I´m glad that we didn´t end up on the cruise afterall , this was definetly more exiciting! In fact, princess emailed last week and a cabin did open up for the Los Angles to Sydney sailing! Tempting, but we can´t do both, and ...

... level affectionately known as Tom, Dick and Harry by our guide from Jordie land, England. There is a whole skeleton of a 'princess' after a terrifying climb up a 12 foot ladder. There were lots of things to negotiate before we got to the dry ...

... New Hope. It’s the scene where Chewbacca gets in one of those walkers and shoots down the door allowing Han and the Princess Leia to enter the temple, shutting down the shields for the Deathstar and allowing the fighters to shoot its core and bring ...

... . Who knew you could be afraid of heights while 500 feet underground?! In this last chamber lay the complete skeleton of a Mayan princess, approximately 13 or 14 years old, who scientists determined had first had her spine broken and then been put to ...

... south to the important port city of Chetumal, which operates as Mexico's main trading gateway with its neighboring country of Belize.  Goods are transported via a road connecting Chetumal with Belize City to the south, and also via coastal merchant ...

... most lifelike portrait of me that I have ever seen. That is presuming that I do indeed resemble a curly-haired, teenage elven princess.   The bus journey was fairly uneventful, and I spent most of the 3 hours watching the cute Belizean kids in ...

... is like a cathedral with artifacts strewn out everywhere.  Lots of human remains and pottery including a intact skeleton they call the Princess.  Our guide was amazing, he knew so much about the jungle and the caves.  After that we crossed ...