The
horse stables from afar
Horse back riding at a high speeds
through a jungle is quite a rush. Banana Bank, lets one ride their
horses hard, which made this outing memorable.
One
of our guides
The Jungle is quite
thick but this outfit took enough time to carve nice riding trails through
it. Their horses were well broken and loved being ridden.
Banana Bank is outfitted with 60 head of horse, mixed breads, predominately
quarter horses. The stables are 35 X 60 with classic clerestory
roof design, 24 stalls, 12 on each side of a central 10’ tiled corridor.
The equipment are Western saddles with accessories to make the riding
experience safe and comfortable. The Arena is a beautiful two
rail 200’ X 100’ enclosure to safely put the horses through their different
growth paces. The Club House is the old original ranch headquarters,
with a long, fascinating colonial history from the mahogany logging
days.
Newly
dug, Maya Ruins.
An archeology assistant from the University of New Mexico, sifts
through the top layer of a Maya ruin.
We were lucky enough to ride the
horses up to where a group of college students from the University of
New Mexico were digging up about a 15 acre site of Maya ruins.
The dig had about 40 buildings mapped and was just getting started.
We were lucky to see what only a few human beings had ever seen.
A Maya ruin not yet dug, as vegetation crowds its existence.
*Feature written and photographed by
Phillips, January 2001, who spent time at Banana Bank. All information
regarding the equestrian stables and equipment was provided to us by
the owner of Banana Bank.
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