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AMBERGRIS CAYE

Perfumeries of Paris in the 16^th century sought after ambergris, the desired rare ingredient needed to supply their wealthy pompous clientele of twitching olfactory receptors with aromatic stimuli, perfume. The hottest industry in France was for a century dependent on the highly sought after ambergris, a substance secreted by temporarily infirm whales.

As the whale consumed its limit of indigestible shrimp, krill, grit, octopus beaks and sour Sargasso polyps, the objectionable indigestible build-up was disposed of as vomitus bile, regurgitated into the warm gulf of its winter home.

In 1775 Whale Puke Island could have been its name had the chart maker for Her Majesty's ship had any sense of humor.

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This is the County of Belize shown in its relationship with Mexico and Guatemala. Notice that Ambergris Caye is geographically the tip of the Yucatan Peninsula and only an Island because of the break at its Northern most end. This Break is the political boundary between Belize and Mexico. The North half of Ambergris is the lime stone Litoral forest filled with cenotes that is Southern Yucatan, the South half of Ambergris is classic Barrier Island composed of sand, coconut trees and Mangrove lagoons.

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