{"id":3445,"date":"2019-12-22T17:11:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-23T01:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.levinger.net\/josh\/?p=3445"},"modified":"2020-01-12T19:23:47","modified_gmt":"2020-01-13T03:23:47","slug":"lamanai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.levinger.net\/josh\/2019\/12\/22\/lamanai","title":{"rendered":"Lamanai"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>An incredible <a href=\"http:\/\/lamanai.com\">outpost lodge<\/a>, miles up-river and surrounded by jungle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>We spent two nights here doing spotlight wildlife watches, going canoeing and fishing, and learning how hard it is to grind corn for tortillas. Could have happily spent two more; all of the activities, guides and staff were excellent, and the food was delicious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-flickr wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jlevinger\/49313615263\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/49313615263_8d66196be5.jpg\" alt=\"New River Lagoon\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>New River Lagoon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" src=\"https:\/\/www.levinger.net\/josh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMGP4505-1024x684.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.levinger.net\/josh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMGP4505-1024x684.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.levinger.net\/josh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMGP4505-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.levinger.net\/josh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMGP4505-768x513.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.levinger.net\/josh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMGP4505-900x601.jpeg 900w, https:\/\/www.levinger.net\/josh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMGP4505.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Night Spearfishing<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-flickr wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jlevinger\/49314157496\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/49314157496_f5b833705d.jpg\" alt=\"Lagoon Lillipads\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Lilypads on Dawsons Creek<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-flickr wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jlevinger\/49314318202\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/49314318202_2b94db6ac0.jpg\" alt=\"Lamanai Nectar\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Porch Nectar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>We toured the ruins on our last morning, and were impressed by both the quality of the excavation and the ability of Christian to read the stelae inscription. The little museum also provides helpful context, and an accurate answer to the question &#8220;where did the Maya go?&#8221; They&#8217;re still here&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-flickr wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jlevinger\/49314108426\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/49314108426_4cb64195ec.jpg\" alt=\"Reading the Stelae\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Reading the Stelae<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-flickr wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jlevinger\/49314316897\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/49314316897_17d84a1fb8.jpg\" alt=\"Rufous-tailed Jacamar\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Rufous-tailed Jacamar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An incredible outpost lodge, miles up-river and surrounded by jungle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3446,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[135],"tags":[16],"class_list":["post-3445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-belize-it","tag-belize"],"geo":{"latitude":17.7663193,"longitude":-88.6520157,"description":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.levinger.net\/josh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.levinger.net\/josh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.levinger.net\/josh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.levinger.net\/josh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.levinger.net\/josh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3445"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.levinger.net\/josh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3445\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3475,"href":"https:\/\/www.levinger.net\/josh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3445\/revisions\/3475"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.levinger.net\/josh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.levinger.net\/josh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.levinger.net\/josh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.levinger.net\/josh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}