Post 7 -Order the book and other links

             After you visit the Amazon link, or any other link, you will not be returned to this spot. You will need to start the blog again and click on Post 7 to retirn to this spot. Then you can click on one of the following links for additional information. Sorry, that's the way the blog works, but I assure you, the other links are worth the return.

How to order the book.

           

            The book, Mayan Mystery Unveiled is available from Amazon in paperback and also in the lower price  Kindle (e-book) edition.  To review the book or order it from Amazon, LEFT CLICK on the link to Amazon that follows::

http://www.amazon.com/Mayan-Mystery-Unveiled-Adventure-Tropical/dp/1456350242/ref=sr_1_62?ie=UTF8&qid=1322329206&sr=8-62

 

            If you order the Kindle edition of the book, it will be made available to you electronically, and if you do not have a Kindle reader, no problem.  Amazon will send to you, at no charge, a reader application for your computer, so you can read it as you would if you had a Kindle.

An e-tour of Belize and links to related websites

 

            To take an e-tour of Belize, go to the following links (in blue).  These links will provide you with photos and useful information if you want to learn more about Belize.  To visit one of these storehouses of information, place your cursor on a link below and LEFT CLICK the mouse. ..

 

Link for General Information:

www.travelbelize.org

Official website of Belize Tourism Board.  Go here for your e-tour of activities and destinations in Belize.  Highly recommend you visit this.  Contains history, description of each region of the country and events. You can go to this website and, if you want, spend hours on an e-tour of the country with no advertisements.  This website is kept up to date by Belize Tourism Board. Visit it again next week and additional activities may be featured.

 

Link for Planning Information:

www.belizenet.com

Website for Naturalight of Belize, recommend you visit this commercial as well as educational source of information about the country.  Contains maps, photo gallery, also links to help with your travel planning.  Links include tour operators, hotels, vacation rentals, cruise excursions, car rentals, places to eat, many others.  This website provides lists, do not expect this website to evaluate quality.

 

Link for Information about parks:

www.belizeaudubon.org

The Audubon Socciety manages many Belize national parks.  Visit this website to learn about them.

 

Link for photos:
 

www.dreamstime.com – This is a collection of millions of photos from many places around the world.  You can enter a search word and it will display related photos.  Search for Belize to view hundreds of random photos of this beautiful country, or you can search for photos of some specific place.  For example, if you have visited Belize and you took an excursion to the ruins of some ancient Mayan city, you can search for Altun Ha or Lamanai, or whatever ruins you visited.  Or, if you visited a coral reef and want to show your friends what it was like, search for reef.  The story mentions nurse sharks in Belize, you can search for nurse shark to see a diver rubbing this gentle creature’s tummy while it lays on its back.  If you went on a bird watching excursion and would like to show your friends colorful birds of the tropics, some of which are plentiful in Belize, search for parrots. 

            If you want to view additional pictures of Mayan ruins, including some that are not in Belize, search for Maya or Mayan.  You will find photos of temples and cities in Guatemala and Mexico, some of these were in use long after the cities of Belize were abandoned and have therefore suffered less deterioration.

You will probably want to view ruins of the ancient city where many of the scenes of the story occur, to do so search for Xunantunich.  If you want a rare view of the reclusive bird that played a prominent role in the story, you can search for quetzal.  If you want to see the colorful flowering vine that is often mentioned in the story, you can search for bougainvillea.  

Have a nice photo tour, search for whatever subject interests you, and if you want to purchase a photo, as the author did for the cover of Mayan Mystery Unveiled, you can find directions on the website for doing that.

Travel to Belize:

Ask your travel agent to schedule for you an adventure tour that follows the path described in the novel, Mayan Mystery Unveiled, and embark on your own search for the true reason the ancients abandoned their cities.  The author has arranged for MayaLand Tours Belize, Ltd. to offer such a tour, he calls it the Mayan Mystery Trail. 
            If you visit Belize by cruise ship, your travel agent can arrange for MayaLand Tours to take you on a short tour for your excursion during your stop at Belize City.  If you come to Belize by air, your travel agent can arrange for a long tour designed to meet your needs and interests. 
            You can ask for the long tour to follow the same path as the story in the book, which is available from Amazon.  This is the path taken by the author as he gained the experience to write the story.  It will take you to selected historical sites and point out significant archeological evidence  described in the book.  
            The website for MayaLand Tours Belize, Ltd. follows.

 

www.mayalandbelize.com

            This website contains a description of additional MayaLand tours.

            A good way to learn what this Mayan Mystery Tour would be like is to read Mayan Mystery Unveiled, this book is available for a reasonable price on Amazon.com in either paperback or e-book version.  If you show this book to friends or send them to this website, they may want to join you on an adventure in tropical Belize.  The language and customs in Belize are English, and American dollars are accepted. Belize is one of the most American-friendly destinations in the world.

Links to other blogs by this author.

 

www.YouNeedNewPurpose.blogspot.com

  This blog describes the author's search for a new purpose.  It's a lot like an Indiana Jones adventure among ancient cities and pyramids.

            www.AScrapOfTruth.blogspot.com

             This blog contains folklore stories, and tells the scrap of truth behind each story.  The stories include a series about two watermen on the Chesapeake Bay who became famous wildfowl artists, A major art museum is named after them.