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Branch Out in Belize

Branch Out in Belize | Cayo Scoop!  The Ecology of Cayo Culture | Scoop.it

Kinga Phillips, the Travel Channel writer that recently visited Cayo, wrote an amazingly accurate and vivid explanation of Actun Tunichil Muknal.   It really says it all.  She visited Cayo, where she got to explore caves, visit Mayan archaeological sites, and sleep 'amid the treetops at Parrot Nest Lodge.'  Of course she did, Cayo is the best.


"This isn’t some Pirates of the Caribbean Disney tour.  This is the real deal.  This is you as Indiana Jones exploring something remarkable.  No cameras are allowed in the cave, so staying present is a bonus side effect.  That’s not a difficult task when you are standing next to a shimmering calcite crystal coated skeleton of a child, hunched in final position, left in the dark in exchange for rain.  Take in the gravity of that when your group turns off their headlamps to experience the engulfing blackness."

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Crystal Skull Follies

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Some amusing news for the week. Dr Jaime Awe, the Belizean archaeologist, Is suing the creators of the last Indiana Jones movie. No, not because the movie was horrible beyond belief, but for using a replica of the skull. The comments in the Huffington Post article are worth reading.

"Dr. Jaime Awe, a real-life Indiana Jones and director of the Institute of Archeology of Belize, is suing on behalf of the country of Belize, according to THR. Awe is demanding the return of the crystal skull, which he says was stolen by the treasure-hunting family Mitchell-Hedges 88 years ago and used as a money-maker, as well as damages from 'illegal profits' accrued by Disney, Lucasfilm, and Paramount for allegedly using a replica 'likeness' in the 2008 Steven Spielberg film."
Best of Cayo's insight:

Did he just see that sorry excuse for a movie?  

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