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Saturday, April 1, 2017

The Third Port: Harvest Caye, Belize

The third stop was intended to be a full day of relaxing at the beach of a private island.  Well, the mangrove island was recently acquired, developed, built up, and opened by Norwegian Cruise Line.  Completely man-made, but at least it is clean and pristine.
Watch out Harvest Caye, T-Rex is on his way!
I would love to explore the mangrove portion of the island, but unfortunately it is next for the chopping block :o( 
Once again, I don't think this brief stop counts as "going to Belize", but I did manage to get my passport stamped (the only stamp during the whole trip).
Brand new man-made beaches with imported sand.  At least it was really clean.
I sometimes wish I were more of a beachy/summertime person.  The beach and even this pool were super inviting (ignore the fleshy characters).
The butterfly house was really calming.  However, I hope the staff eventually inform visitors to watch where they step; when I was there one poor butterfly got stepped on.  It was the second butterfly fatality of the day, and not even 10:30 am yet!!

Baby iguanas doing what they do best.
Keel-billed toucan enclosure.
A little rain washed the beach-goers back on board the ship.  I stayed on land to walk around a bit more but the island is small and only really has the beach, the butterfly house, and ziplines...
 

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