Posted on 07/08/2005 2:31:59 PM PDT by blam
Belize is the only English speaking country south of us.
When Coca Cola Bought the Minute Maid corporation, they also bought 12% of the land area of Belize for citrus groves.
Some of the best diving in the world in Belize
GGG Ping.
I don't have a lot of faith in a so-called scientist who misses the third real possibility in earthquake country: earthquakes can and have caused major subsidence many many times.
bttt
And the fourth real possibility: River deltas are constantly subsiding as the sediments compress, expelling water, and as organic matter decomposes. There is a good chance these sites are on river deltas.
I believe Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, among others are south of us! LOL!
Just a little South of Cozumel, which I dive every February, so visiting Belize would be a goal of mine.
Pah! Everybody's a skeptic! You'll change your tune when they recover ancient Mayan scuba tanks...
I'll second this. The most fantastic diving I've done in the Caribbean. And, outstanding people.
And, if that isn't enough, the Mayan sites throughout Belize have not been overrun with tourists and are spectacular to behold. I even had to help hack our way in to one with a Machete. A four Pyramid complex with virtually no excavation done. Fantastic experience.
That's not quite correct. Guyana, formerly British Guyana, speaks English. And there are quite a few Caribbean islands, and the Falklands, unless you restrict your statement to the mainland.
Cool. I'm heading for Belize tomorrow for a diving trip. Maybe I'll discover something.
The old story is that a kid walked into a horse barn and into one of the stalls. Someone found him digging up the straw and muck.
The kid stated that with all this horse S*** around, there bound to be a pony somewhere in the mess.
Such excitement over a wooden paddle? I'm a bit underwhelmed.
Also some of the best Mayan archaeological sites. Caracol is a marvelous place to visit! It is memorable for me in many ways, including the eerie cries of howler monkeys in the distance as I stood on top of a pyramid one late afternoon. There is much yet to be discovered there; it's mostly unexcavated.
the Mayan sites throughout Belize have ...been overrun with tourists .... I even had to help hack our way in to one with a Machete. ....Fantastic experience.
It confirms a lot that's only been suspected about Mayan trade and technology. Also the fact that wooden artifacts have survived is encouraging for further possible underwater discoveries -- like maybe a boat.
One of the reasons we know so little about the much earlier Olmec culture is that very few of their buildings and day to day artifacts have survived because they were made of wood and were above water, subject to decay.
You're a sick puppy, I love it!!
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analogous, from the Aegean:
Helike, ancient Greek city swallowed by the sea
Destruction of Helike | October 17, 2000 | John Noble Wilford
Posted on 07/02/2005 9:06:29 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1435590/posts
I'm not going to mention the "Atlantis off Cuba" threads on FR, which were numerous. Oops, I guess I am going to mention them.
In England, there are the old tales about the towns which slipped under the waters (over time, presumably) in what is now the Wash. The mythical aspects include things like, "you can still hear the churchbells when the seas are quiet". ;')
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