Blogs from Caye Caulker, Belize Barrier Reef, Belize, Central America Caribbean - page 15

Up at 4.30 (our earliest start so far) and checked into the airport where we payed a stupid hidden "leaving the country" fee. Caught a freezing cold plane to El Salvador, waited an hour, caught an even colder plane to Belize City and finally we made it! Whipped through customs and caught a taxi to the boat terminal. As our boat headed towards Caye Caulker, it was truley like arriving in heaven. The rickety jetty dropped onto white sands backed by amazingly colourful buildings, palms swaying and no cars but only golf buggies. The island motto here is "Go slow" and we were definately looking forward to fitting in! After checking out a few hostels, we settled for Tinas Backpackers which was right on the beach, painted in bright bright blue and orange, filled with swinging ... read more

In 2003 I was working a tour leader for a Canadian adventure tour company and my route took me through Mexico, Guatemala and Belize. That is how I ended up in Caye Caulker for the first time. On one of my trips, I went with a local friend to rent some snorkel gear and met this lady that had a cat sanctuary. She was renting snorkel gear at the time. That is how I first met Madi from P.A.W. (Protecting Animal Welfare) cat sanctuary. Of course, at the time, I was working as a guide and traveling so much that my focus was not on animal rescue although I have always loved animals and have rescued many from the streets where I live in Mexico. I visited the small island of Caye Caulker many times and ... read more

Photos from Mexico. Guatemala, Belize. Every one have a happy fall and great times everywhere. Patricia... read more

I am without photo uploading capabilities or a lot of computer time on this trip, so I'll be keeping these updates brief and expand when we get back. Wes and I arrived in Belize on July 18th and headed straight to Caye Caulker for some relaxation and island time. Our first night we went for a quick swim at the split, a beer at the Lazy Lizard, and then spent the evening enjoying the breeze on the balcony of the Mira Mar Hotel. Grilled lobster and snapper made me glad we came here during lobster season! We spent our first full day getting our bearings and starting to plan our week. Wes signed up for a Scuba certification course with Belize Diving Services and they got him in the water right away to do his confined ... read more

SO its been a week now since we met our tour group in Playa del Carmen, and alrady we have travelled down the east coast of Mexico, seen Belize, and now we are in Guatemala. Its been so amazing so far. Everyone in our group is really nice. There are 12 of us and the group leader, who is from Guatemala..nice guy. There are 5 from Oz, 1 from NZ; 1 from Wales, 1 from Switzerland, 1 from Brighton, and then me and Adam. Playa del Carmen was lovely, we were a bit dissappointed we only had one night there, but we still enjoyed it. The place is a buzzing little town witha great nightlife...i preferred it here to Cancun, although the beaches in Cancun were much nicer! We had a wander around all the streets, ... read more