Part 4 - Belize, Mother Nature's Best Kept Secret

Part 4, The rainforest is the heart of Belize, it is it's essence. The dense jungle is home to countless plant and animals species

Part 3 - Belize, Mother Nature's Best Kept Secret

Here is Part 3 of 6. The ancient Mayan Civilization of Belize.

Part 2 - Belize, Mother Nature's Best Kept Secret

Here's the second part of the six part video. If you enjoy it, please rate it (5 stars please;>), post a comment, spread the word, help us get the word out about Belize.

Thanks.

Part 1 - Belize, Mother Nature's Best Kept Secret

The next few postings will be a 6 part video (each a very short 2 or 3 minutes) of the Belize video that the Belize Tourism Board takes to present at travel tradeshows. This program was produced by Naturalight Productions in 2001, and is now slated to be redone this year.

Part 1 is an introduction to the coral reefs, rainforests, ancient Mayan civilization and diverse cultures of Belize

Sailboats at Sunrise

Sailboats at Sunrise, originally uploaded by TRPhoto.

Sailboats at anchor during sunrise from the roof top of Radisson Hotel, Belize City, Belize

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Sunbathing, South Water Caye, Belize

Sunbathing, South Water Caye, Belize, originally uploaded by TRPhoto.

South Water Caye, Belize

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Young Woman on South Water Caye, Belize

Young Woman on South Water Caye, Belize, originally uploaded by TRPhoto.

South Water Caye, Belize

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Young Woman on South Water Caye, Belize

Young Woman on South Water Caye, Belize, originally uploaded by TRPhoto.

Model on South Water Caye, Belize

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Spotted Drum

Spotted Drum, originally uploaded by TRPhoto.

Spotted drum, Equetus punctatus, South Water Caye, Belize

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Whale Shark Diving

Whale Shark Diving, originally uploaded by belizediversity.

Here is anothere angle of the whale shark encounter.

Whale Shark and Film Crew

Whale Shark and Film Crew, originally uploaded by belizediversity.

I have been diving Gladden for whale sharks this week courtesy of Roberto Fabbri at Kanantik (http://www.kanantik.com) and Martin Spragg from Second Nature Divers out of Sittee river (http://www.secondnaturedivers.com).

Roberto runs a fantastic operation with immaculate equipment, service and safety, just like his resort.

We were lucky enough to encounter a young whale shark for about 15 minutes. This shark would fixate on a diver and slowly swim toward the diver. It was hard trying to stay out of the way. Each diver in the group was trying to stay away from the shark rather than swimming toward the shark.

I had only a few 100 lbs of air left (the only one with air left on the dive), so decided to sink to see if the shark would follow. Sure enough it stayed at that distance from me in the shot to about 30 feet. You can see how hard I am working by the trail of bubbles, kicking as hard as I could to keep away.

Martin, on the surface, captured this great shot. My wife's comment? "You are no longer my favorite underwater photographer"!

Young Women Snorkeling

Young Women Snorkeling, originally uploaded by TRPhoto.

Two young women playing on south beach at South Water Caye, Belize

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