Blogs from Caye Caulker, Belize Barrier Reef, Belize, Central America Caribbean - page 8

Made my way across the Guatemalan border again this time into Belieze. Arrived in belieze city (no longer the capital since a hurricane hattie hit in the 60's and they relocated the capital to Belmopan) anyway not a very nice city so on the boat straight to Caye Caulker a little paradise island off the coast. It's a really chilled out island full of the Garifuna people who are decendants of the west African slaves originally brought to central America. They are a really cool race very chilled out, dreadlocks and listening to reggae music and super friendly speaking African English ( essentially an island full of bob marleys really. I managed to spend the most of a week here sitting at the beach, watching sunsets, exploring the island and not alot else. The island has ... read more

We got up this morning and headed out to grab some breakfast. We walked down to Glenda's and shared some scrambled eggs and these thick slices of sausage. We also tried their homemade cinnamon rolls. They were pretty good - no icing like at home, but fresh and warm. Glenda's is on Back St, and was just inside a little house with only a few tables. We then headed back to the hotel to shower and begin packing. It took longer than I thought to organize everything in our packs. While we were packing we heard big booming thunder and looked outside. There were very dark clouds headed out way. We got everything packed up finally and went to check out. It started to rain very lightly as we walked over to the water taxi dock. ... read more

We slept in this morning, it felt good. We got suited up and walked back up to The Split/Lazy Lizard to hang out. We spent a lot of time floating/swimming around in the deeper water on the other side of the little concrete wall. The water felt nice - not even the slightest bit cold, but somehow a little bit refreshing. Swam out into the waterway a little bit - the current wasn't too bad, and it felt good to be out in the ocean. Had a few beers and talked to a lot of people today. There was one older guy there who had the right idea - everyday he'd come with his oldschool beach chair, hat, sunglasses, cigar and an ice chest of beer and just sit in the shallow water hanging out. It's ... read more

Today we got up early, around 7a or so. We ate a free cinnamon roll from the hotel which wasn't very good and got ready to go for a walk. We decided to head up to "the split" - which was created by the 1961 Hurricane Hattie that hit Caye Caulker, splitting the island in two. We were told by a local guy that it wasn't originally as large as it is now, but that the gap was made bigger by hand as fisherman and people realized it would make for a convenient waterway. Now it's home to some broken concrete walkways and the Lazy Lizard - a waterfront bar. We walked around a little bit, went around to the other side of the island, and then came back to the split and waded in the ... read more

Two blog posts in as many weeks! What a treat... Well, I’ve been back from Cuba for nearly a month and so I thought while I’m in the writing mood I’d update on what’s been happening since then. Still; unrecovered from the Hotel International bug, I dragged my poorly self to my next destination, Caye Caulker – a tiny island off the coast of Belize where I’d be volunteering for a little school. The island’s slogan is ‘Go Slow’ and that pretty much sums up everything here. The other day I was accosted by a local for going so fast on my bike; “lady, what’s the hurry? Go Slow!’ He had a point, I was in no hurry to get to where I was going. The reason I decided to volunteer here (despite the Caribbean water, ... read more