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A sunset with palm trees, as opposed to a fire behind 2 feather dusters or a Rorschach test.

 

Biblical technology is good enough.

Jal harvests shrimp for export. 

Hummingbird Highway from Belmopan, the capital, (pop 8000) to Placencia, about 1.5 hours drive.  Beautiful, scenic.  Phillipe built a state of the art sound studio off the grid near here.  I think he is selling it for 250K, USD.

Further on...

a small bridge that is a pretty thin link between rainy Cayo and even rainier Placencia, is being replaced with a steel bridge.  Each change civilizes the place, increases accessibility, and underscores the inevitable movement from raw Belize to developed destination.

A colonnade designed according to "A Pattern Language" by Christopher Alexander.  Included here as a reference for arcades used as outdoor rooms in an eco-village.




A kitchen that expresses functionality and openness, maybe appropriate for a common kitchen.

More of Hummingbird Highway.

Running errands, we needed propane. The guys in the propane truck were willing to fill our tank even though they were off work, on their way back.  It saved us a trip and another meal cooked on the erratic electric eye which worked best on "white dwarf" setting.  (all foods reduced to hydrogen gas and carbon residues when you turn your back).

Quiz: Which lane is the HOV lane on a two lane road?

Behind Art's metal shop in Cayo.

Chris Lowe, the current "peanut butter guy" displays a nice grouping of granola bars, granola, peanut butteretc..at the Saturday market in San Ignacio

The 50 acres is to the right of the road.  10 minutes from San Antonio, which is about 30 minutes (rough) from San Ignacio