Blogs from Caye Caulker, Belize Barrier Reef, Belize, Central America Caribbean - page 9

Hello there! How are things going? Good? Bad? Indifferent? Interesting, glad to hear it. I myself am good, well apart from the fact that a large number of winged creatures are currently treating my body as some sort of banquet. Between the title and general Simon Botley knowledge a lot of you will know that I´ve become another year older and wiser since the last time I wrote to you. Once again, to all those people who sent me some sort of Happy Birthday message, thanks very much. It was much appreciated. We´re currently sunning ourselves on Caye Caulker, a small island in the Caribbean off the coast of Belize, which is a very long way away from Leon in Nicaragua. The most sensible way to explain how we´ve got here seems to be to carry ... read more

Maybe learning from my Semuc Champey – Flores experience, I decided on this occasion to go with the shuttle service (San Juan Travel - $20 – 6 Hours) direct to Belize City, picking me up at the door of my hostel and dropping me off at the door of the Caye Caulker Water Taxi / Belize Marine Terminal. From there it was a $10 boat ride (45 minutes) out to Caye Caulker northeast of Belize City. Caye Caulker is a tiny little beach town with a real Caribbean vibe and just a couple of “main” streets running from north to south lined with the usual array of chill out bars, discos and seafood restaurants. In fact, in less than an hour it was easy to wander around the whole town. Disappointingly though, there wasn’t really a ... read more

Wir versprachen uns bei den Tauch- und Schnorchelgängen rund um Caye Caulker eine andere Meereswelt wie in Mexiko auf Isla Cozumel. Zuerst mussten wir aber feststellen, dass die Preise fürs Tauchen fast um das Doppelte höher waren wie in Mexiko. So entschlossen wir uns, die Unterwasserwelt erst einmal beim Schnorcheln anzusehen und fuhren in das Reservat Hol Chan. Schon beim ersten Schnorchelgang in der näheren Umgebung des Bootes freuten wir uns über Meeresschildkröten, die in Seelenruhe grasten. Man könnte sogar direkt über ihnen im Wasser treiben und zuschauen, wie sie das Seegras zupften. Dann kam ein Schatten auf uns zu… Ein spotted eagle ray (zu deutsch: Gefleckter Adlerrochen) kam auf uns zu. Ich schwamm etwas von ihm weg. War mir im ersten Augenblick etwas unheimlich. Der Rochen hat einen ausgeprägten Kopf und eine lange Schnute, mit ... read more

So I make it to San Pedro for a reggae festival my friend told me about. Traveling makes one loose track of days. I thought I had left Flores on Friday for the festie that weekend, well boy was I surprised when I was half way to Belize and I realized it was Thursday not Friday. So now I'm in San Pedro Belize 2 days before I'm to meet my friend Joe for the festie, what to do, what to do? First off I should tell you that Belize ( at least the coastal parts) is way different than Guatemala, way more of a Caribean vibe. Reggae and Punta drumming everywhere, tall dark dread locked Garifuna everywhere and a beautiful azul Caribbean Sea! A girl could definitely have some fun here! *** As a side note ... read more

Friday we awoke to the cuckoo clock and barking dog alarms at 6:30 AM. The first water taxi didn't have enough room for the passengers at Caye Caulker so we had to wait for them to send another boat...30 minute delay to Belize City where we met Gustavo, our tour guide. We had a hour drive in the van on the western highway then a really bad secondary road. The pot holes could have swallowed up a cow and there were lots of them. The Caves Branch park in Belmopan was our final destination for cave tubing and zip lining. Gustavo took us to the zip lining base first and we met our two guides. This zip line facility is only a year old and very safe. The guides got us into our gear and we ... read more