Today's snorkeling is through Ragamuffin Tours. We paid $80USD for the both of us to do a half-day snorkeling tour. We left early in the morning to hit 3 spots: Coral Gardens, Shark and Ray Alley, and Hol Chan Reserve. We boarded a cataraman with 10 others. Hol Chan was one of the best snorkeling I've seen. There were HUGE schools of fish, sting rays, nurse sharks, and beautiful fanning coral. Since V is a great swimmer, he went as deep as the scuba divers who were looking closely at sharks. When V and I were alone, he went to touch [View Full Entry]

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Am naechsten morgen sind wir dann aus bacalar aufgebrochen. wir haben ein taxi bis zum bus terminal genommen und wir hatten glueck, dass der naechste bus richtung grenze in ein paar minuten kommen sollte. also warteten wir am strassenrand. als der bus dann kam winkte marie ihn heran. der busfahrer winkte zurueck - und fuhr dann weiter ohne anzuhalten... wir hatten aber nicht lange zeit uns aufzuregen, da direkt danach ein grosser gelaendewagen anhielt. zwei mexikanerinnen waren ebenfalls auf dem weg nach chetumal, dem grenzort und wollten uns fuer ein bisschen geld mitnehmen. der preis war ok [View Full Entry]

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V & I headed off to Belize, where we hoped to do some great snorkeling and play in lush jungle surroundings. Without an agenda or reservations, we prepared to pseudo-backpack in search of beach, fish, and tropical forest. We found that and mosquitoes...shoulda brought DEET and left the citronella oil at home. It was the first time I had been to Miami, and fortunately, our layover was 5 hours. V rented a car and took me around his stomping grounds. I don't know how he studied through medical school with the beach yards away and the sunset gracing the backdrop of [View Full Entry]

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I took a bus from Antigua to Belize City, it left at 6:30pm and arrive the following day at 1pm. Was a long days travelling and with my bad back it wasnt a pleasant trip. Id gone cliff diving in San Pedro and landed akwardly on my back. I stayed another week in Antigua to recover a little but over a week on Im still really sore. Belize City is very run down, most buildings made of wood and its really hard to believe the place is a city. The owner of the hotel took myself and a Norwiegen guy called [View Full Entry]

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Im currently in Caye Caulker and its amazing. The roads are made of white sand. Im in a great little hostel for $10 a night on the beach front. The water is crystal clear and the sun is beating down but with a nice breeze to keep you cool. Im definately staying here for probably another week before heading into Mexico. Everyone speaks English too but after 3 months of trying to speak spanish to the locals I still find myself asking something in Spanish completely forgetting English is the first language here. An easy way to look like a fool. [View Full Entry]

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We left Guatemala for belize on tuesday morning, which was not a fun journey! i had the only wet, leaking seat on the bus whilst dan had a lovely dry sleep the whole way. we eventually arrived in belize city and got straight on a water taxi to head for the smalll caribbean island of Caye Caulker, which broke down halfway there, but what better place to break down than in the caribbean ocean! then we got to Caye Caulker, which was AMAZING! we spent the days swimming, drinking, diving, and sitting on the water picnic benches in the turquoise water [View Full Entry]

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George is 30, You'd Better Belieze It! We'll get on to the birthday part in a bit, but first something for the trivia buffs: Belize is officially small. It is the 150th largest country in the World The Belizian Flag is special. It is the only national flag with human beings on it and has 12 colours on it, 3 more than any other Is there anyone at home? It is one of the least densely populated countries in the World at 202nd and the 173rd most populous (301,270 at latest count) So they're not the most interesting facts, but hopefully [View Full Entry]

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We've begun.... We arived safe, with all our belongings with us and in tact! Our trip begun at 4.45am from New York JFK to El Salvador, we caught our connection an hour later and arrived in Belize City mid-morning. Our third and final flight of the day was with 'Maya Isalnd Air' - a 10 seater plane with one propellor and only two other passengers. After looking to Berti who had turned slightly green, we took off, and startig flying over complete paradise. As we passed the reef below, the water was so green, we were actually looking directly through to [View Full Entry]

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Well guys I have finally managed to get up to real time....I am sitting here in my hammock typing this entry from Caye Caulker in Belize. The weather is glorious, I have a 5 star hotel with airconditioning and a pool.....it's a hard life this budget travel lark. Ok so it's not exactly budget travel....but hey you only live once. On our way down to Belize City we stopped of at Orange Walk to have a boat trip to Lamanai ruins. This one was actually quite cool and less manicured than the rest...so I got to do my Indiana Jones impression [View Full Entry]

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So we went to Hopkins planning to spend a couple nights to see the beaches we heard were beautiful and ended up staying a week (of course). We didn't even know at the time but it turned out that the weekend we were there was Hopkins Day weekend. So this usually sleepy town was bustling with people. We stayed at Lebeha, which is the drumming center. We actually ended up making friends with the guy who runs it, Jebar. He is totally crazy, but in a good way. Bryan got some drumming lessons from him, I tried, but quit after not [View Full Entry]

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