Caracol - Mayan Ruins... currently an archaelogical site

Came to teach Yoga twice a day in Belize (Hidden Valley Inn resort).... but am getting so much more!
Visited the Caracol (Mayan) ruins today...it is still officially an archaeological site, as they are still unearthing ruins. Very exciting. We got to see the latest stuff that's been discovered.

We hit some waterfalls and pools on the
way home, and I ran on the red carpet.... this rich terra cotta road leading to my hOMe.

Learned about Horse Balls (see pic: the things that look like balls hanging from a tree)... apparently, this fruit is bitter, but the howling monkeys love them.
Hiked into a tunnel cave... and didn't fall into the sinkhole and rushing water below.
Peed in the 'rustic' bathrooms... err.... outhouses. :)
Got a massage... a hydro massage thanks to some waterfalls that splash onto and course through these massive granite boulders.. very cool. Never seen granite on this scale before... so shiny and buffed out from the water/erosion.
Did some yoga on steps of the tallest temple (in Belize) structure at Caracol... 140 feet high.. it took them 300 years to build. Crazy. But hey.. the taller the temple, the closer they are/you are to God. They must have had God on their side, cuz with only a very small contingent they beat the massive army of Tikal at one time.

Have a little cottage that I share with Carol, my amazing and trusty yogini-mama-personal assistant extraordinaire... and just outside our sacred home is a little hummingbird buzzing in the morning. Took a tiny swim to wake up at the pool...like TINY swim... 5 back strokes is the maximum. Woo hoo!

OH.. and learned about Oropendolas ((see the pic in 'More Pictures' click on the "untitled page". I can't seem to title it)).
Oropendolas are these really cool birds. Thet have it down right.. the males will make these nests that hang from the trees.. they look like hanging water balloons.
And the females will come and swing on them, like a pendulum... and if SHE thinks that the nest (aka home) is strong enough and she likes it... she will mate with that male who built it. If she doesn't like the nest, she breaks it and it falls to the ground.

Ha! Even birds know how to pick a man! :)