On the final day in Belize, I visited a Belizean family of Yucatec descent who invited me into their home to learn of their Mayan heritage and ways of farm living. Here, Jose, Hilda, and their daughter shared their family history and taught us how to make corn tortillas (on a stove made of ash!) before showing us medicinal plants that help soothe anything from symptoms of common cold and flu to…
