Belize
Bleargh, Midnight Oil
20th Dec in Belize, Expeditions 0
Started on the plans and materials list for the Chiquibul South Ranger Station project. Not before being called into town by Greg mid morning and then dossing around with a long lunch in Hanna’s and getting back to the office at 3:30.
Well the plans and materials have to be calculated…
Gale’s Point
15th Dec in Belize, Expeditions 0
Loz and I hotfooted our way down the Gale’s Point after much um-ing and ah-ing about Placencia, Monkey River Town or some other interesting place down south and far away from Cayo. Came across a group of 4 guys on the Coastal road with a puncture in their shite Nissan…
Out of Office
11th Dec in Belize, Expeditions 0
At least for a bit i got to have a trip to Belmopan to get our visas extended. Good to do some driving and not staring at a computer.
Diagnosed the new noises on the Land Rover. Scraping noise = brake pad worn to the metal and has grooved the rotor,…
The Elijio Panti Mayan Cave
9th Dec in Belize, Expeditions 0
Antonio took us on a tour of the Mayan offering cave, showing us all the pots and bones, but it was the obsidian that caught my attention. A crystalline shard that’s razor sharp and a very useful tool. Spent an hour down there and a few squeeze through bits and…
The Recce Explosion
26th Nov in Belize, Expeditions 0
Supposed to be leaving with the others to go into the Chiquibul for a 1 night recce, but encoding the video’s taking ages so I would be meeting them there. After trawling San Ig for a fast internet connection and uploading the videos to the UK, it’s 16:30. 15 mins…
Because Communication Saves Lives
22nd Nov in Belize, Expeditions 0
Greg and I had a meeting with Wilbur Sabido, Chief Forest Officer for Belize, a very influencial man. I’ve heard a lot about him this year but it was good to put a face to a name. The Forestry Department of Belize is fully of very educated, passionate and personable…
Rodded Out
20th Nov in Belize, Expeditions 0
New steering rod bought, tools collected, another 2.5 hour drive almost to Las Cuevas to fit the rod to the stranded Land rover. “Screw the ends in, drop it in and tighten up”, the army lads said. Lying in a jungle stream under a Land Rover with mossies buzzing in…
Leading the Army Astray
19th Nov in Belize, Expeditions 6
Well give the Army boys a chance to get out of camp to do some good and they’ll jump at the chance. Got there for 8am and sat around drinking tea and chatting with the Welsh Guards. Eventually, there I am driving through the jungle, followed by a green ‘Wolf’…
The Lost Road
18th Nov in Belize, Expeditions 0
With a map of the Chiquibul, we tried to find two dotted lines on, that signified the only northern roads towards the northern boundary of the Chiquibul National Park, which is an intended project. Needing to find a source of water there and a possible casevac route, launched the Land…
It’s a jungle out there!
11th Nov in Belize, Expeditions 0
So we drove into the Chiquibul through Mountain Pine Ridge. I snapped the steering rod on the Land Rover in the horrendous bit of road just outside Las Cuevas. After rolling around in the mud trying to remove the damn thing, ditched the Landy and headed on to Las Cuevas…