Day 12: It's a wrap!

The FLiP portion of the CMI 398 course finished today. Half of the class (Julian, Savannah, Bryan, Mariana, "Nickickolas" Lormond, and Professor Lapid stayed in Belize to tour Caye Caulker. (Nick joined up with Charles and Roni's Scarlet Six Biomonitoring Team first for a few days out in the Chiquibul forest).

What an awesome course this has been. Very very busy...and incredibly rewarding!

 Ilana teaching at the TEC

Danny and Carol review Mariana and Nickolas' subject footage

Closing interviews

Day 11: Xunantunich Maya site and San Ignacio

We left Mountain Equestrian Trails today and headed west toward the Guatemala border to tour Xunantunich Maya Site. Beautiful Maya ruin next to San Jose Succotz village.  Some shopping time in town and now back at the TEC to screen Curse of the Ixtabi on our last night of the course.

Our guide - the great Lenney Gentle - at Xunantunich Maya site

Day 10: Last day filming and a Maya Ceremony

The class is spending their last day filming at San Antonio and El Progresso villages. Tonight is a Maya ceremony led by Maya artist and healer Maria Garcia. One more sleep at beautiful Mountain Equestrian Trails. We love it here...

Nicholas being blessed by healer Maria Garcia

Julian and Mariah filming their subject, Maria Garcia

Savannah and Ilana (below) circling the fire 9 times

Mariah filming Maria Garcia

A double rainbow right after the ceremony- WOW!

Day 9: Filming in San Antonio Village, Big Rock Waterfalls and Night Hike

The students are back to work today in San Antonio Village.  We spent this afternoon's break at the beautiful Big Rock Waterfalls (yay)!

After dinner, we had 6-year-old Sierra Bevis lead us on a night jungle hike in search of tarantulas...

Sierra Bevis, youngest guide in Belize - holding a tarantula!

 Siera, our night hike guide (assisted by the great Giovanni of MET)

Day 8: Horses, Jungle and Barton Creek Cave

The class has a well-deserved day off today. They'll either rest or ride horses through the jungle this morning - some are going on the zipline.  After lunch back at the MET, we'll head to Barton Creek cave for swimming and canoeing through the cave. Tonight is a presentation by Roni Martinez on the Scarlet Six Macaw project.  A GREAT day.

Barton Creek Cave entrance

Photos from Mariah