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Sensitive Cultural Artifacts: On Sale!

All museum reproductions are 20% off. Our featured artifact is a reproduction of the Mask of Death and Rebirth. The Maya belief in the never-ending cycle of life and afterlife is illustrated in this sculpture, with each layered face representing a specific stage of life. The original is from the ruins of Tikal in Guatemala and dates to about 900 AD.

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Artful Nomad Co. Names ShelliusMax "Best Person Ever"

“Assuming she is a real person,” says ANC Editor Dave Berg. Berg is referring to ShelliusMax’s recent blog on belizeforum.com, an excellent forum for info about traveling in Belize.

According to ShelliusMax (not her real name):

“Thanks Steve, the book came on Monday already. It looks fantastic! What I have read so far is very useful and your writing is also funny in places which is great. Terrific photos too. I’m really glad I ordered it.”

Shellius will retain the BPE title and accompanying notoriety until the ANC sees fit to award a new Best Person Ever at a future date.

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Chicago Tribune

— Staff Report

By Toni Salama
Published March 11, 2007

Destination guides

“Belize to Guatemala and Tikal”

(The Artful Nomad Co.; $19.95)

Follow the directions in this book, and somewhere between Belmopan and Benque Viejo del Carmen, you’ll be riding a bus. “Just when you think you either have to get off the bus or stick a pencil in your eye, you are almost there,” writes author Steve Stratman. “Very soon, you’ll pass the sign `San Ignacio,’ roll down a hill and cross the wooden bridge over the Macal River. It’s important that you get off [the bus] in the parking lot by the Municipal Taxi Stand, next to the Belmarel Hotel, because this is San Ignacio. Or else you’re off to the end of the line . . . “ With instructions this specific, this practical and this lighthearted, this installment of the Artful Nomad guidebook series will keep you on track and entertained. The book takes a day-by-day, step-by-step approach to a nine-day adventure itinerary. Beautifully rendered maps, lots of color photos and cultural sidelights make it a delight to navigate these 64 pages, all in a 51/2-by-10- inch format that takes up zero room in your bag. (ISBN 0-9788173-0-3)

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