Video of the day. St. Leonard Tours has an epic video chronicling their horseback ride to Xunantunich. Words don't do it justice. The video really captures the Xunantunich Archaeological site in all its glory. Amazing!
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Benque's new Archaeological Reserve was inaugurated yesterday. The CTGA got some pictures too.
"Official unveiling of the Benque Archaelogical Site. Special Thanks to our former volunteer, Mr. Subrata Basu for having the initiative in Making this project a success." 
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El Pilar gets a good write up. Not only will you see 100's of species of birds, but you're almost guaranteed to see howler monkeys there too. There's a great slideshow on there.
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Video of the day. Matt Cook took some comprehensive video of Xunantunich. Not a lot of people getting in the way of the beauty of the Maya site.
"In this episode we are guided through Xunantunich. I had to get used to following around guides in Belize. Usually I am the guide. These ancient ruins are kept in great condition. We saw some workers excavating and repairing things. Some of the temple parts are actually fake and made as a cover for the original parts. Next time we will be cave tubing and ziplining in the Belize jungle."
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Better facilities are being built at the Actun Tunichil Muknal site.
"Under the Sustainable Tourism Project (STP), several Archaeology Reserves will be receiving funding for various infrastructure projects. ATM is the most documented site in the country, and one of the most superior subterranean sites in the region. Tour operators/numbers are controlled by license with 95% of all tours to the site originating in San Ignacio Town. Current facilities are almost non-existent, therefore investments will be made to: 1. Design and construct modern bathroom, changing and restroom facilities to cater to an increase in current visitation; and 2. Construction of a ticket/security booth onsite in conjunction with landscaping of the site entrance and car park area."
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LiDAR is interesting, but it's unfortunate that it tells us this.
"A NASA funded expedition using airborne lasers to study ancient Mayan ruins has also documented widespread illegal deforestation in the Caracol Archaeological Reserve. The lasers found that forest disturbance was actually 58 percent greater than recent satellite surveys showed, according new study in mongabay.com's open access journal Tropical Conservation Society (TCS). Such deforestation not only imperils biodiversity, carbon storage, and migration routes for Central American species, but could also lead to plundering of the Maya site of Caracol.
The NASA research employed a system known as LiDAR (Light Detection And Ranging) to discover unfound archeological sites in the jungle, once home to one of the Maya's greatest cities. But the expedition also provided greater insight into deforestation in the 10,340-hectare Caracol Archaeological Reserve, due to the sensitivity of the lasers even over satellite imagery. The new data shows that in all 11 percent of the reserve has been disturbed by illegal deforestation."
Annah Detwiler's curator insight,
November 4, 2014 10:16 AM
This is just sickening, its on a reserve! it's suppose to be a safe haven for the indigenous population and the animals that live there. How many lives have these people killed? more than you think. |
