Blogs from Caye Caulker, Belize Barrier Reef, Belize, Central America Caribbean - page 3

Our Arrival We arrived at the San Pedro water taxi dock on the East side of the island in torrential rain. There were some touts waiting to show rooms although most seemed pretty expensive. I waited with the bags under shelter whilst Gearoid went to look at the cheapest one for B$35. The rain started to ease so we decided to walk around and check some more places. Most were pretty expensive (about B$50/60 for a room) however after nearly an hour we found a really good guesthouse. Where We Stayed Sandy Lane Guesthouse - B$21.80 for a double room with sink and shared bathroom. Private bathrooms are available for B$38. The guesthouse is located at the bottom of the football pitch on the corner with middle street. From the ferry walk 1 1/2 blocks North ... read more

Ostatnie dwa dni to pobyt na Caye Caulker w Belize. Początkowo z Flores miałem zamiar jechać do Rio Dulce i Livingstone w Gwatemali, ale po rozmowach z napotkanymi ludźmi doszedłem do wniosku, że nie ma to sensu. Czasowo nie dałbym rady wrócić do Mexico City. Pozostał więc przejazd z Flores do Belize. Z polecanych miejsc w Belize wybrałem Caye Caulker (jest też niejako po drodze na Jukatan). Wyjazd z Flores o godzinie 5-tej rano. Zanim bus zbierze ludzi ze wszystkich hoteli mija dobra godzina. Droga do przejścia granicznego jest całkiem znośna. Wkurza tylko to, że kierowca nie zatrzymuje sie na jakieś śniadanie. Odprawa graniczna odbywa sie dosyć sprawnie. W busie poznaję kolejnych Polaków:-) Za przejściem widzę Panią z ¨jadłodajnią na kółkach¨, która sprzedaje śniadania. Zgodziła się przyjąć ode mnie ostatnie gwatemalskie pieniędze (quetzale), które miałem i ... read more

We woke up this morning to beautiful blue skies, perfect for a day out on the water. The entire group was grateful that we didn't do this day trip yesterday under cloudy rainy skies. Waiting an additional day was well worth it. After another delicous breakfast at Amor y Cafe, we all met at Ragamuffin tours for our 10:30am departure. There were approximately 50 people and we were all divided into 3 boats. Daniel told us that we were going to be on a catamaran. However when we walked up to the boat, it was definitely not a catamaran. Despite this slight disappointment, we all made the best of it enjoying some fresh fruit and soaking in some sun as we ventured off to our first snorkeling spot of the day. We pulled into an area ... read more

We left the Las Gardenias Hotel this morning for a long travel day back into Belize. It was finally time for some down time as we set off for our final destination of the tour in the cayes. The cayes are a series of sand islands off the coast of Belize and just off the second longest barrier reef in the world. Before we reached the Belizean border, we stopped at El Portal de Yaxha, where we enjoyed a delicious typical Guatemalan breakfast. After going through the usual border formalities, we were back on the roads of Belize headed towards Belize City. We pulled in to a drizzly Belize City and had about an hour to kill at the water taxi station for our 45 minute ride to Caye Caulker. The water taxi was not what ... read more

The day after Tikal we woke up early (4:30ish) to catch our shuttle to Belize City. There we met up with Dan's friend, Charlie, and the 4 of us took a water taxi to Caye Caulker ( Key Cock-er ), an island about 45 minutes (by boat) from the city. We spent Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday on the island just loving life. Our hostel was a not-so-fabulous place appropriately named Dirty McNasty's (I seriously couldn't make this up if I tried). They weren't TOO expensive, but there were bugs everywhere and it was really... ick. Luckily we really didn't spend too much time in the hostel room. There were hammocks we took advantage of once or twice. Most of our time was spent at a place called The Splits. It's a super touristy area at ... read more