Tuesday, May 25, 2010

New crew arrives on Jungle

Here's Shane showing Kayleigh how to feed.

Jenee and Kayleigh paid a visit to a private property featuring Howler monkies. The property owner (Shane) has 43 acres, he's a graduate from NYU in ecological studies and has this well thought out natural environment - no pens. He provides private, small tours where the monkies come down and eat fruit out of hand. The monkies hold your hand while they eat the fruit - Kayleigh said it was "intense".

While Captain Jimbo was busy repairing a last minute generator problem, Jenee and Kayleigh visited Altunha - Mayan ruins.

Our niece Kayleigh Horn, fresh from her graduation from Vassar, is joining us for the trip from Belize to Miami. Kayleigh is well versed in Spanish which will really come in handy when we hit Miami. Kayleigh was also a member of the Vassar golf team, so if I play a round with her I'm getting strokes, plus hitting from the ladies tees, which is nice.

But first Jenee needs to be on lookout to help navigate Jungle through the famous Belize reefs. The water goes from 18 meters to 2 meters in a flash. In Belize, only day time passages are advised to allow boaters to see the water contrast over the reefs. Fortunately Jungle draws less than 1.6 meters (5 feet). It was an important consideration for us when we searched for boats - shallow draft to allow us to visit places like this.

1 comment:

Ed said...

Hi Jim, I was going to comment on the swimsuit issue but I may meet Jenee someday and don't want her to have an improper opinion of me.

Just letting you know I'm still following! I'm surprised Dave hasn't shown; he loves that part of the world.

Be safe,
Ed