Blogs from Ambergris Caye, Belize Barrier Reef, Belize, Central America Caribbean - page 4

Yesterday we decided to get some "real" exercise so we took off in the morning and headed for the north shore of the Caye. It was a warm sunny day and the iguana's were sunning themselves everywhere we went. Our walk was about 4 miles roundtrip and we finished it up out on the Paradise Villa Dock, where we met a nice guy from Canada who just got his dive certification. We sat and talked with him for about 45 minutes and then just relaxed by the pool. The end of the story is that we both got more sun than we needed, but not to the point we uncomfortable. This morning when we got up, the seas had finally laid down and we were able to dive. So we headed off for Hol Chan Marine ... read more

Yesterday was a full day, but full of what we are still trying to decide. Note to anyone traveling to Ambergris Caye. If two nice young men in a golf cart stop you on the street and ask if you would like to have a free breakfast and participate in a drawing for a prize tell them NO. The second day we were here, Jim and I were on our daily walk when a golf cart with two nice young men stopped to talk to us. So of course to not be rude to the locals we listened, nodded and somehow I drew a ticket worth $100 of "stuff" at Captain Morgan's Retreat (fancy name for a resort). Well that meant a free breakfast and of course the preverbial hitch it's a timeshare pitch. Our friends ... read more

Woke up this morning at 5:00 a.m. to the rain pounding on the roof. Now we get rain in Chandler, but this was "big boy" rain. This was torrential rain fall and it went on for quite a long time, so it was easy to fall back to sleep. We decided yesterday to not dive today, but to rent a golf cart and see the island. Things were iffy until we woke up at 8:00 and the rain had stopped and the sun was shining. So as planned we picked up the golf cart and headed off to the southern part of the island first. We went to the local mangrove area to look for crocodiles, (unfortunately we didn't see any) so we continued on our journey south. Soon the cobblestone streets gave way to a ... read more

Cloudy here this morning, but has improved as the day goes on. Right now sunshine, blue skies and 80 degrees. Did 2 dives today with Reef Adventures (great dive outfit if anyone is coming this way to dive.......ask for Michael). I realized one of my goals today and killed my first Lionfish!!! For those of you who think I'm some kind of barbarian with a goal to kill a fish, you need to understand that the Lionfish are killing the reef fish in the Carribean. They are quite beautiful as you can see by the picture but they lay 20-30,000 eggs per month and eat 10-20X their body weight a day. They are a spiny, venomous fish that eat fry (baby fish) and which of course greatly reduces the numbers of the Carribean reef fish. So ... read more

We slept in late today, until about 9a. At least when I'm sleeping there is less (or no) pain from the sunburn. I had Adam apply more aloe and we hung out reading for a bit and letting the medicine do it's work. We went outside around 11a, and while it was still hot, there was a lot more breeze then there had been in the previous days. It was really nice. We walked around for a bit and then decided to rent a golf car for a couple of hours. We drove pretty far south of the main part of town, past all the nice resorts and onto unpaved roads. We had to avoid puddles and giant potholes everywhere. We saw a few lizards that were big as well as big crabs scuttling around. They ... read more