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This has definitely been a very different vacation for me. Not only am I traveling with other people, but the style of travel is very different. Instead of the everyday adventure of figuring out where to go, what to do, and carrying all my belongings on my back, I'm sleeping in the same bed every night, and I don't have to carry my valuables on my body 24 hours a day!
We haven't been on the boat long enough to go stir crazy, but we were still really looking forward to getting off the boat and onto a beach. We sailed south today, at a relaxing 3 knots, to Ranguana Cay. It's just a tiny island near a break in the barrier reef. Even from a distance, it seemed like you could count the palm trees on the island. Once we dropped anchor (there were already three boats using the moorings) and had a bit of a break, five of us headed out in the dinghy, to the island. We found a spot in the shade, the guys headed to the bar to get cold drinks--something we were excited about as the last of our ice had melted yesterday. I
was so excited to have totally new photography subjects. Once the guys were back with the cold drinks (a Belikin goes down so well in the heat of Belize), we decided to explore the island. I think it took us about 15 minutes to walk all the way around it. One side had been severely eroded, leaving picnic tables, thatched shelters and even a brick oven tumbling into the sea.
We spent the rest of the afternoon hanging out on the island until it was dinner time. Once all the food was cooking, the cook came and sat with us for a bit. She lives on the island year round with her brothers, managing the cabanas and 'restaurant.' She showed us where the shoreline had been only a year ago--it extended out well beyond where the shelter, picnic tables and brick oven are now tipping into the water. The shoreline now wraps around the roots of the palm trees, but the trees don't grow fast enough to protect the island. The beach on the other side of the island, meanwhile, is being extended by new sand deposits. Sad, but interesting too, for the group of geoscientists that we are...
Going to the Birds
Even the birds stop to watch the sunset at Ranguana Cay. Dinner on the island was fantastic--fresh fish (of course), fresh-baked bread, scalloped potatoes, vegetables, salad, and a roast chicken. (although since there are no chickens on the island, I avoided that one).
Sunset was amazing--we're further south so the sun wasn't completely blocked by the storm cell that always forms in the west. It was an added bonus to watch the sunset from the cay, where it was fringed by palm trees.
Because this cay is a bit more exposed than the other ones we've been at, the boat was rockin' around quite a bit more than we were used to. Getting from the dinghy into the boat was an adventure, as was sleeping. By morning though, it was calm.
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Ana
Amazing shots. Looks like a paradise...