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Article: It's a jungle out there; The Belize jungle is a breathtakingly beautiful place in the heart of central America but as News Letter reporter LINDSAY FERGUS and photographer MARK McCORMICK discovered, it is one of the most harsh terrain in the world which a soldier in the Royal Irish Regiment's General Service will encounter in his military career.(Features)
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- The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland)
- Article date:
- March 21, 2000
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DRIVING along the only main road in the unspoilt Belize countryside, the picturesque jungle is breathtaking.
The green swaying palm trees, tropical flowers and the undulating landscape are majestic.
However, off the beaten track in the heart of this sprawling mass the secrets and harsh reality of the jungle are discovered.
Venomous snakes, tarantulas, black widow spiders, mosquitoes, which carry the potentially fatal malaria virus, wild boars, scorpions and menacing monkeys live undisturbed in the deadly paradise.
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