Juice direct from the tree.

Belize in October is not the coolest place to be but the Mayan Mountains do provide the occasional breeze that makes some attempt to cool the human torso otherwise dripping with perspiration after every little effort.

Three cheers for OrangeX, a simple though powerful way to extract juice from citrus fruits. The story of how this particular specimen found its way here is for another time.

The orchard is begging to be picked, oranges and lemons, lime and grapefruit. A sackful of the former was sitting there waiting patiently for some tlc. In half an hour, the fruit enough for a gallon of juice was cut in half and squeezed, tasted, and stored in the fridge ready for breakfasts and/or glasses holding a modicum of rum to add to the juice. No shop-bought juice resembles this nectar.

We have arrived back in this small corner of heaven.