Lamanai

The most amazing day. Got up early and drove an hour north to Orange Walk. Met our tour guides and got in a boat for the trip up the river through jungle to the Mayan site of Lamanai.
On the way up the river we saw crocodiles of all sizes, birds: ibis, snowy egret, snail kites, wood storks, Northern jacanas, and 2 Jabiru storks on their nest (biggest flying bird in the Americas). Saw iguanas, snake cactus hanging from trees, and passed a sugar "factory" the guide called it, and a Mennonite community.
An excellent guide took us around Lamanai. We climbed to the top of the High Temple (about 11 stories high), and G's comment was "this is epic!" The view was of the river and jungle for miles in every direction.