Blogs from Belize Barrier Reef, Belize, Central America Caribbean - page 32

Op Ambergris Caye in Belize zijn we uiteindelijk vier nachtjes gebleven. Op het eiland wonen veel Rastafari achtige types, al dan niet met lang haar. Een van hen ontmoetten we toen we de steiger af/het eiland op liepen; hij wees naar mijn gitaartje en het volgende gesprekje ontstond (althans, dit maakte ik op uit zijn gebrabbel): What do you play man, you play reggae? - Uh, I play all kinds of music. - You smoke herbs man? - No. - You should smoke the herbs man, you´ll play totally different things! Met deze tip in de zak waren we vol goede moed voor een relaxed verblijf hier. Welkom op het eiland! De mensen spreken er wel Engels, maar je kunt het het beste vergelijken met Jamaicaans Engels, wat gelijk associaties opriep met de film Cool Runnings, ... read more

After we said good bye to the Troock Clan, Hailey and I headed to Belize City where we hopped on a boat to San Pedro. It was a bumpy ride as the coast has been quite windy lately. San Pedro was too expensive and our tummys hurt so we went to Caye Caulker. A man named Jesus picked us up on his golf cart and took us around to check out different hotels. We ended up at Sea Breeze where we met four wonderful Mexicanos who we spent the next four days travelling with. Caye Caulker was like a little Puerto Viejo Costa Rica, but on a clay island. Like I said, it was too windy to snorkel, dive, or even swim so we left the next day with the Los Vatos to Guatmala. The border ... read more

Today we left Guatemala. Very sad. It didn't feel like we had done everything we wanted to do, which is probably a good way to be. Like leaving a party early... though I've never been very good at that. Yesterday we had an amazing day at Tikal, which is the Mayan ruin. We got up at 3.00 am (I know... that is the time we should have been coming home!). Waiting 40 mins for the bus was not popular with the 3 of us... but we still made it to the Tikal park in plenty of time. We hiked in about 40 minutes in the dark, which was a little challenging, though not difficult walking. For some reason it had escaped me that I was going into the jungle, so I decided to wear my "special ... read more

Hello all my loved ones! I thought it time to give a more thorough update on my life in Belize so far. It has taken a bit to sink into this new experience and can now share more with you all. I now have my own apartment. The first few weeks I stayed at the spa which worked out at the time because there was an extra room there, a bathroom with hot water and shower, a security guard, and it was right in town, so anything I needed was readily available. Then I moved in with Sylvia, a born and raised Belizean woman. Sylvia is a personal Belizean chef for local parties as well as private breakfast, lunch's and dinners at resorts and private condo's. She is incredible, and food is her passion! I have ... read more

Destination #1 - San Pedro, Belize After a short series of flights from DC to Miami and then to Belize City, we began our Belize adventure! San Pedro is located on Belize's largest caye (pronounced key), approximately 35 miles north of Belize City. Since they sold one extra seat on our flight, I got to sit in the co-pilot's seat, totally sweet. I made sure not to touch the steering apparatus! The Town San Pedro is a bustling little town of about 15,000 people. The center of town consists of 2-3 streets that run parallel to the coast, full of gift shops, restaurants, dive shops, etc. Since San Pedro's main industry (and all of Belize's for that matter) is tourism, the entire town is there to ... read more