Blogs from Caye Caulker, Belize Barrier Reef, Belize, Central America Caribbean - page 23

Another free day in Caye Caulker. I spent a few hours in San Pedro, a neighbouring island 30 minutes away. The afternoon was spent drinking at a local bar. The local guys are like Cuban guys -- sleazy as hell. I thought the shaved head would work like it had in Mexico -- although now I'm thinking Mexican men are just more respectful -- but if anything it made the guys more outspoken. One particular man who took an interest looked like bad news with a huge scar down his belly. I managed to escape his advances and ignored him the rest of my stay. A friend of tour leader shared our bus today and she told me about how the Caye Caukler men take advantage of female tourists, getting them drunk or slipping drugs into ... read more

Today we arrived in Belize! I've spent over a month in Mexico and while I do love her, I'm ready for something new. We caught a speedboat to Caye Caulker and have the next two days here. Belize's population is made up of Black, Asian, Lebanese and Whites. Caye Caulker is a mix of Black and Asian and English is the main language spoken. The island is small enough to walk around and unfortunately doesn't have any beaches. But if you like diving and snorkelling then there are lots of tours to take you out to the reef and surrounding islands with white sandy beaches.... read more

After being off the coast for so long it was high time for the Caribbean Sea once again. And where better to reacquaint us with it than Caye Caulker, the island of dreams? Belize is a small country, so our journey from San Ignacio to Caye Caulker wasn't as long a haul as we're used to by now. First roundabout two hours (in a Belizean chicken bus!) to Belize city and then another 45 minutes by boat to get to the island - and of course, that part of the journey wasn't boring at all. I love boats! Caye Caulker itself is a lovely, small (pop. +/- 400) island 30 miles from Belize city and another 20 from Ambergris Caye (/San Pedro). The atmosphere there is VERY relaxed and "Go Slow" (sometimes adorned with "or else ... read more

Crossing the border from Guatamala to Beleize was a big change as everybody speaks english!! As much as i have enjoyed all the travels through the spanish speaking country it was nice to be able to have a proper conversation with the taxi driver! We headed straight for the caribbean coast to an island called Caye Caulker Just off the Barrier reef. Second biggest Reef in the world next to our own true blue Aussie Great Barrier Reef. The island consisted of dirt roads, a few golf buggies, lots of Rastas´ Dreadlocks and a hammock bar. The place was very chilled and around the island were signs that summed the island up perfectly. They read...... "Go Slow" ...... One time i was walking quite fast and a guy yells out, Go Slow Mon..... No need to ... read more

Our Latin adventure is back online after a brief descanso (break). Our Travelblog amigos claim our blog site was down due to technical difficulties and it won´t happen again. Trevor was able to retrieve most of our lost blogs and photos, but we´ll type fast about our Go Slow experience just in case... The islands of Belize are relaxed, laid back and como se dice... despacio (slow). We switched back to English in Caye Caulker and saw ¨Go Slow¨signs everywhere, from the dock where we disembarked to the streets where we found specialties like lobster, hog fish, banana bread and the local drink, the ¨Panty Rippa¨ (rum and pineapple juice). ¨Go slow¨is the island motto and we were actually heckled by the locals for walking too fast to the dive shop. After catching up on our ... read more