Blogs from Caye Caulker, Belize Barrier Reef, Belize, Central America Caribbean - page 16

Oh my god, we found paradise and its at Caye Caulker, Belize. This place is amazing. When we arrived it was pretty late - we were lucky enough to meet a local guy on our bus who rang the ferry company to delay the last ferry out to the island until we arrived. Needless to say we didnt see much when we arrived. The next morning we got up and decided to do a little exploring and found what they call the split. Back in the 60s, the island was split in two by a hurricane, hence the name. There is a bar here, with picnic tables that were submerged in water after the hurricane which they never changed - and we can totally see why. Its so nice to sit there in the water and ... read more

Caye Caulker is a really small island. It has about half square kilometer and it takes about half an hour walk along all of the streets. Cars are not allowed, only golf club cars, hence most of the people walk barefoot. Caye Caulker slogan is "go slow". No one is in rush. Everyone glides with a reagge rythm coming from all the bars and stalls around, where you can buy delicious fish or seafood. ... read more

Today we go on our snorkeling excursion. We’re going with Ragamuffin Tours based on the reviews and recommendations I have read. They offer two different snorkeling trips, a 3-hour half-day and a 6-hour full-day. Both trips consist of three stops and you are in the water for the same amount of time on either. There are two main differences however; the half-day is about an hour roundtrip on a motor boat where you will see stingrays and lots of small colorful fish, the full-day is about 3-4 hours roundtrip on a sailboat where you will see stingrays, sharks, and lots of big colorful fish. I tell the lady that we have kids, and ask her for advice. She doesn’t try to sugar coat it. “Some kids don’t do well on these sort of trips” she warns. ... read more

By morning, our water bottle still hasn’t arrived so I decide to go in search of Haywood. As promised, I find him easily. Before I can even say “hi”, he launches into apologies and springs into action “Hey!, sorry about that, I’ve got your water right up here, just haven’t had a chance to get down there yet. I just need to get this crew started. Ill run it down for you right now, sorry about that!”. As he is talking, he is grabbing a bottle from a line of about six water bottles on the porch and loading it onto his bike. As I watch and listen, I imagine five other houses in Caye Caulker wondering where there water is too. “No problem”, I finally squeeze in, “I can take it, you don’t need to ... read more

Sorry, men eg MAATTE berre ha den overskrifta. "Can you Belize it" og "You better Belize it!" er nesten obligatorisk for bloggoverskrift, sidan ein finn alskens effektar med desse slagorda i Belize. Lite originalt, med andre ord. Uansett, hei og hopp alle sammen!! Vi kom hompande i ein minivan ilag med ein gjeng isralittar og ymse anna folk over grensa til Belize. Og plutselig forstod vi alle skilt, beskjedar, lappar og saann rundt om. I Belize snakkar dei nemlig engelsk. Det hoeyres ikkje alltid ut som engelsk med ein gong, men om ein legg godviljen til og konsentrerar seg, saa hoeyrer ein at det ER faktisk engelsk. Eller i alle fall ein variant av det. Innbyggerane har sitt eige kreolspraak som er basert paa engelsk. Dei fleste er av afrikansk opprinnelse. Saa med alle rastasveisane og ... read more