Southern Belize

Indian Creek and South Water Caye, Belize – 2014. These photos are from the southern region of Belize including Indian Creek and South Water Caye in an area south of the Nim Li Punit Archaeological Reserve. We visited the Indian Creek Ixchel Women’s Group which was one a number of local Mayan women’s organizations set up to produce traditional arts and crafts and demonstrate the current way of life in their villages. I also did a couple of dives in the area of South Water Caye with Hopkins Underwater Adventures. South Water Caye is a 14 acre island with a marine biology field station and private cabanas. There are numerous snorkel and dive sites in the area

Ixchel Women’s Group - Preparing the palm leaves for weaving, Indian Creek, Belize

Ixchel Women’s Group - Grinding corn by hand, Indian Creek, Belize

Parts of a sugar cane press, Indian Creek, Belize

Indian Creek Ixchel Women’s Group - Traditional arts and crafts for sale, Indian Creek, Belize

Indian Creek, Belize

The preschool rooms at the Indian Creek RC School, Belize

Housing at Indian Creek, Belize

What is left of the signage on the former Indian Creek Community Heath Post – courtesy of the Rotary Club of Ottawa

The former Indian Creek Community Heath Post, Belize

Housing at Indian Creek, Belize

Housing at Indian Creek, Belize

A very colourful bush at Indian Creek, Belize

Sittee Point, Belize and the inland mountains

One of several small islands on the barrier reef near South Water Caye, Belize

South Water Caye, Belize

One of the piers on South Water Caye with other islands in the background, Belize

South Water Caye, Belize

Shredded coconut and the tool that does it. South Water Caye, Belize

One of the cabanas and the view on South Water Caye, Belize