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Park Magazine Wildlife – It is a crocodilian reptile. The species’ common name comes from a bony ridge between the eyes. It provides the looks of a combine of spectacles. Al though they’re of the littlest crocodilian species these guys are fierce predators. It lives in a very vary of lowland wetland riverside habitat will tolerate saltwater further as recent. In Guatemala it is gift within the northern department of Pen. It is gift in a lot of of Central South The u.s.

They have a boring olive color. As adults they will taking big, mammalian prey like wild pigs. Observations show that as conditions become drier, caimans stop feeding. Cannibalism has been reported below such conditions. Males of the species are sometimes between 2 – 2.5 meters, whereas females are sometimes around one.4 meters. They live a median of twenty five – thirty years.

When they need to cold off, they primarily sink to colder water. they will conjointly heat up their bodies by floating within the heat, higher surface of the water. Some live where the weather is chilled typically within the coursework of the year, however none of them really become inactive enter a state of deep sleep. In lieu, these species either lie still in shallow water or they retreat in to winter burrows to attend for spring. a favorite daytime activity for caimans is sunbathing or basking on shore.

Caimans lay fourteen – forty eggs in mounds of soil vegetation at the water’s edge or on rafts of floating vegetation. The young caiman hatch once concerning ninety days they keep in teams near the feminine. typically nests are shared by females who guard it against predators. Mating takes place close to the end of the dry season could – August Spectacled.

The ecological importance of this species has been demonstrated by recycling nitrogenous that re-enters the ecosystem to the advantage of alternative plants and animals. conjointly thanks to the reduction in variety of larger crocodilian species the Caiman expanded its vary in to areas formerly occupied by them.

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Park Magazine Wildlife – The Turquoise-browed Motmot may be a migratory bird well-known in its vary. It lives in open habitats like forest edge, gallery forest scrubland. It inhabits Central The us from south east Mexico largely the Yucatn Peninsula, to Costa Rica, where it’s common – not considered threatened.

There is a bright blue stripe higher than the attention & a blue-bordered black patch on the throat. The flight feathers & upperside of the tail are blue. it is a largely inexperienced body with a rufous back abdomen. the ideas of the tail feathers are shaped like rackets & the blank feather shafts are longer than in different motmots.

Motmots usually move their tail back forth in an exceedingly wag-display that usually attracts attention to an otherwise hidden bird. analysis indicates that motmots perform the wag-display after they detect predators (based on studies on Turquoise-browed Motmot) that the show is probably going to speak that the motmot is awake to the predator is ready to flee. Males apparently use their tail as a sexual signal, as males with longer tails have bigger pairing success reproductive success. White eggs (3-6) are laid in an exceedingly long tunnel nest in an exceedinglyn earth bank or generally in a quarry or fresh-water well.

Motmots eat very little prey like insects lizards, will take fruit. In Costa Rica, motmots are observed feeding on poison dart frogs. The bird is concerning thirty four cm long weighs concerning sixty five grams. These guys are known to measure from twelve to fourteen years. it is also been selected because the national bird of each El Salvador Nicaragua.

The population trend seems to be stable, hence the species doesn’t approach the thresholds for Vulnerable below the population trend criterion (30% decline over0 years or generations).

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The beautiful city of Antigua Guatemala and is located in the Central Region of Guatemala, it sits among volcanoes (Acatenango, Fuego and Agua) and mountains. This city is a lot more than just a fabled colonial, cobblestoned street filled with delicious restaurants, luxury hotels, colorful homes, popular Spanish Schools and handcraft markets. Because of all the efforts that it’s people is doing it still preserves the same majesty it did when it was the epicenter of Central America’s power during the 17th and 18th century.

In it you will find Churches and monasteries of all shapes sizes. There are also many ruins of what used to be churches which have beautiful gardens and are open to public for a small fee. They were destroyed by the great earthquake on July 29, 1773.

Things you can’t miss:

* Churches, Catherdals, Monastaries, Convents and Ruins

* Central Park (Parque Central)

* Volcano Tours

* Museums, Monuments and Landmarks

* Shop at the local Mayan markets

* Spanish Schools

* Semana Santa (Holy Week)

* Coffee Plantation Tour

History

It’s full name is: La muy Noble y muy Leal Ciudad de Santiago de los Caballeros de Goathemalabut every one calles it Antigua. It was founded in March 10, 1543. It was the third try of the Spaniards on trying to establish a Capital City. The first one was Iximche and was founded in 1524 near the Mayan tribe Kaqchiquel until they rebelled. The ruins of it are still a touristic destination. So it was moved to Ciudad Vieja (1527), a mudslide that came from the Agua Volcano (therefore its name) and the whole city disappeared. A few brave stayed and it is still an alive town.

As I mentioned before in 1773 came the great earthquake destroyed most of the Capital and it was finally evacuated and moved to Guatemala City in 1776 completely. Again a small community stayed and reconstructed the city as much as they could. It wasn’t until 1944 that President Jorge Ubico declared Antigua a national monument that the city really prospered and became what it is today. A major touristic destination of the country.

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Magpark – I don’t know if you know this but I have been living in Guatemala for the last year and have been loving it. Since then imy husband and I have done as much as we can to get to know it which means a lot of fun family trips. But this time we didn’t want to go too far so I called some of my Guatemalan friends and for some advice and they had the perfect thing.

They suggested something I had never thought of before yet it was so obvious: A nice picnic in the afternoon in one of Antigua Guatemala’s ruins. It sounded like a great idea so I ended up inviting them to come with us too. Then there was the question, which ruins should we visit? That’s because there are around 6 or 7 and the photos i’ve seen are all beautiful. We ended up picking one called San Jeronimo located on one of Antigua’s corners.

This is how the day went: After a regular Sunday morning we had lunch and I packed up my picnic set and off we went. We got there like 10 minutes after because everything in Antigua is less than15 minutes away in car. We settled up in one of its beautiful gardens and explored the place. This is not a very big monument but it is beautiful. There are lots of gardens and in some places you can still see murals from when it was a school.

I had a great time just chilling under a tree’s shadow, enjoying the view of the gardens, eating some snacks and listening to birds that were passing by. On the other hand my son had a blast exploring and climbing everything he saw. Plus he had a little adventure partner with him that was just as excited to be there. This turned out to be a relaxing yet exciting family adventure not so far from home.

These ruins belong to what used to be a catholic school in the early 1700’s and in the late 1700’s it was turned into the Real Aduana. Years later it was destroyed by earthquakes and was never restored because the city movet to where the actual Guatemala City is located. It was until the late 1990’s when the council for the protection of this colonial city was created and started doing maintenance work to it. Oh, and I almost forgot I heard that this place is also rented for weddings and special events, how cool is that?

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Mag park – I love living in Antigua because in it you will find everything really close to you, restaurants, hotels, shops and bars. In this case my husband and I wanted to have a romantic day out, so first we went out for lunch at a really cute restaurant called Cafe Flor where they serve really good Thai food. Then we went for a prvate salsa class which turned out to be an extra fun adventure.

And at the end of the day we visited a luxurious hotel of Antigua called Mezon Panza Verde for a romantic dinner I had been planning for a long time. When we were making the reservation they suggested a dinner up in the roof of the hotel where they have a Cupula. This sounded great to me because it was just what I wanted: A super private and romantic evening out with my husband.

When we got there and before they took us to our table we had to do some waiting in the lobby which was not what I wanted but it was ok because it wasn’t too long and it gave me some chance to take more pictures. Then a member of their staff took us to where our table was. To get there we had to walk across the terrace of the hotel, sadly it was a bit cloudy but we still could see the outskirts of the beautiful Agua Volcano.

When we got there I couldn’t believe how absolutely beautiful it was! La Cupula is this beautiful tiny room where they had a beautifully decorated table with candles and roses.

This ended up being a perfect day out and romantic dinner where my husband and I got the chance to relax and just be together after a long time of not having time for ourselves.

Bottom line is: Antigua isn’t just a beautiful city with lots of places to visit and photograph, it is also a great place for romantic getaways and family vacations, I know because I’ve explored it.

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