10 October 2011 A walk through the rain forest

Rose ad I decided to take a walk in therain forest today, so off we went, Rose, Mia and I up the road to the top of the "hill" to the tower.  It was about a 2 mile hike up the road through the rubber plantation to the tower at the top of the "hill".  Climbed to the top of the tower and looked out over the river and all around.  You can even see the mountians of Belize from there.

the return trip was shorter as we took the canopy trail almost stright down across the swinging "Canopy Bridge" across the "top" of the forest.

Road to the tower

Canopy bridge over the rain forest, the bridge is 20 to 30 feet above the ground

View of upper Rio Dulce into Lago de Izabal from the top of the tower

Jungle Trail

 

Jesus Lizard called that because they can run across the water

 

View from top of the tower

 

Latex rubber in this form about $8.00 per pound

Looking down from the swinging bridge

 

Rubber plantation

 

Mia checking things out

 

Swinging bridge

 

Mountains of Belize

 

Palapa on the trail

 

Raw rubber in this form about $4.00 per pound

 

Road up to the tower

 Rose on the swinging bridge over the swamp

 Producing rubber trees, 1 pound a day

 Swamp

 Road up the "hill" to the tower

 The "tower"

 Path to the "Canopy Swinging Bridge"

 Young rubber trees

 Young rubber trees

Young rubber trees from the top of the tower