Blogs from Belize Barrier Reef, Belize, Central America Caribbean - page 11

So, as you know we made it to Belize.... Now we just had to get to Sittee River and after a nightmare with trying to get cash we made the choice to head to Hopkins as that was in the must sees of Belize, had a great beach and looked big enough for us to stock up with supplies ready for our week on our Robinson Crusoe island .... We'd been told by the lady at the bus stop that we just got off at the Hopkins Junction and walked either left or right to whichever set of accommodation we fancied, north or south end of the beach..... So the bus dropped us off at the junction at the top of the main road junction, not that of the town..... However we were oblivious to this ... read more

Diving the Great Blue Hole! Down to 40m+... Into the deep! The Great Blue Hole is one of the most iconic and legendary divespots in the world. It is unique and quite different from all the other dives I have done in that area. The Great Blue Hole does have the colourful maritime life as the divespots at Half moon caye and Turneffe Atoll. However diving the great blue hole is impressive. Going deep and into the deep blue. And it was the only place in belize where I saw Carribean Reef Sharks. I had two trips to the Great Blue Hole, on April 6th and 8th 2012. A good thing is worth doing it twice... Especially since the second dive after the great blue hole was Half Moon Caye Wall. Both dives there were magic. ... read more

Esmeralda, April 4th and 5th 2012 my first dives in Belize. Getting familiar with the environment. Ambergris Caye is famous for rays and sharks. Nurse sharks.... read more

We have just returned from a weeks sailing trip around the Sapodillas Cayes in Southern Belize. After travelling for almost a year and experiencing so many wonderful places and meeting so many great people sometimes it is difficult for things to really stand out as being extra special, although our week in Belize proved to be exactly that. We were aboard the 46 foot Catermaran ‘Las Sirenas’ which operates out of Rio Dulce in Guatemala. The week long trip started by taking us down the gorgeous canyon of the Rio Dulce (Sweet River) abundant with wildlife and scenes of traditional life such as fisherman casting their nets from small wooden canoes. Aboard the boat was ourselves, Dan from Alaska, Justin & Mackenzie from Washington, Saskia from California, Sarah, Jess & Kristine from UK. Our crew was ... read more

A heavily tanned and leathery humans back is what you look for. Looking at him you’d think he couldn’t be that old? But at 73 years of age Juni provides one of the most unique snorkelling trips you’ll ever do. You come here to Belize’s Caye Caulker to dive the Blue Hole, leaving, knowing full well that you won’t be whispering about how good the Blue Hole was. Instead telling everyone who’s heading this way to go and see the “fish whisperer” (A name Juni hates) Part of the English colonies, Belize still has Queen Elizabeth on every note. With that connection it makes Belize the only relief for non-Spanish speakers in Central America. Even with the ease of the English language we only visited two places. The first was Belize City. The former capital city ... read more