Belize jungle lodge

May 5, 2009
So, here's the latest...our phone finally works. I have to whisper that so the modem doesn't hear me and start to give trouble again. Rusty cut an even bigger bamboo pole and between the stability of the thicker pole and the added height, it seems like we got it this time.
And, the cable seems to get better all the time. The cable guy is opening a hardware store and it seems like the more we buy from him, the better the cable gets. Whatever works, right?
The dish is also doing its thing so we have internet and wireless. I will say we can use a bigger antenna for that so next trip to Belize City will include a bigger router antenna.
But, all in all, it's pretty good. Here we are in the jungle on the internet with the cable going in the background waiting for a phone call. Technology comes to the jungle. I love it.
We're seeing great birds these days - the trogons just sit asking us to watch them. And, every day a new flower blooms and I have to figure out what they all are. One totally cool one is the torch ginger. Not only is it a flashy flower but the flower comes up on its own leafless stalk and it's bright red from the ground up. The leaves are on a different stalk all together.
On our own house we have started the fight with the bats. The former owner had let bats take over the roof of her house. We like bats because they eat mosqitoes but we don't want them living with us. So, Rusty is removing the roof piece by piece, cleaning out all the bat poo, putting in moth balls and then we will seal the inside off from the roof so when(not if) they come back they still are not near us. The roof will have to be replaced next year anyway, so at that time we can take more permanent measures. Now, it's just a matter of needing to move in our house.
Everyday we learn something new and that we really like.