Blogs from Belize Barrier Reef, Belize, Central America Caribbean - page 15

Hi everyone, sorry it’s been a while since the last post, just been busy having fun, dealing with dodgy guts and trying not to itch our vast amount of mosquito bites! Since the last post we went on the trip to Chichen Itza. (2/9) It was really great to see all the temples especially the big one as it has been made to amplify sound so people clap at the bottom and you can hear it coming back amplified but it sounds quite eerie. The Mayans’ were pretty harsh and sacrificed people all the time (but they didn’t chuck heads down from the temples, apparently that was the Aztecs. The Mayans’ only chucked hearts down! The Mayans’ that lived in Chichen Itza just sort of disappeared and one theory is that the Mayans’ didn’t realise that ... read more

Niets in bijna anderhalf jaar doet je bloeddruk meer dalen dan reizen in Belize, geen enkel land of cultuur kan zich hiermee vergelijken. Belize is het meest slome en vriendelijkste land van Latijns Amerika. Wie na 1973 geen atlas meer heeft aangeraakt zal verbaast zijn dat het kleine landje tussen Mexico, Guatemala en Honduras geen "Britisch Honduras" meer heet maar Belize, Belize is geen goedkoop land in vergelijking met de rest van centraal Amerika maar nog altijd goedkoper dan de Verenigde Staten of Nederland. Daarom besloten we meteen om naar het duurste eiland te gaan. Ambergis Caye is de achtertuin voor de Amerikaanse toerist. Luxe ressorts aan de tropische kust. Anka en ik verbleven in het goedkoopste hotel van het eiland wat nog steeds een stuk aangenamer was dat de duurste hotelkamers in Azië. Ambergis Caye ... read more

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