Blogs from Belize Barrier Reef, Belize, Central America Caribbean - page 24

Today we go on our snorkeling excursion. We’re going with Ragamuffin Tours based on the reviews and recommendations I have read. They offer two different snorkeling trips, a 3-hour half-day and a 6-hour full-day. Both trips consist of three stops and you are in the water for the same amount of time on either. There are two main differences however; the half-day is about an hour roundtrip on a motor boat where you will see stingrays and lots of small colorful fish, the full-day is about 3-4 hours roundtrip on a sailboat where you will see stingrays, sharks, and lots of big colorful fish. I tell the lady that we have kids, and ask her for advice. She doesn’t try to sugar coat it. “Some kids don’t do well on these sort of trips” she warns. ... read more

By morning, our water bottle still hasn’t arrived so I decide to go in search of Haywood. As promised, I find him easily. Before I can even say “hi”, he launches into apologies and springs into action “Hey!, sorry about that, I’ve got your water right up here, just haven’t had a chance to get down there yet. I just need to get this crew started. Ill run it down for you right now, sorry about that!”. As he is talking, he is grabbing a bottle from a line of about six water bottles on the porch and loading it onto his bike. As I watch and listen, I imagine five other houses in Caye Caulker wondering where there water is too. “No problem”, I finally squeeze in, “I can take it, you don’t need to ... read more

Sorry, men eg MAATTE berre ha den overskrifta. "Can you Belize it" og "You better Belize it!" er nesten obligatorisk for bloggoverskrift, sidan ein finn alskens effektar med desse slagorda i Belize. Lite originalt, med andre ord. Uansett, hei og hopp alle sammen!! Vi kom hompande i ein minivan ilag med ein gjeng isralittar og ymse anna folk over grensa til Belize. Og plutselig forstod vi alle skilt, beskjedar, lappar og saann rundt om. I Belize snakkar dei nemlig engelsk. Det hoeyres ikkje alltid ut som engelsk med ein gong, men om ein legg godviljen til og konsentrerar seg, saa hoeyrer ein at det ER faktisk engelsk. Eller i alle fall ein variant av det. Innbyggerane har sitt eige kreolspraak som er basert paa engelsk. Dei fleste er av afrikansk opprinnelse. Saa med alle rastasveisane og ... read more

Tim version: * Headed to Caye Caulker via Belize City, a hole of a place, and loved both the journey out to and Caye Caulker Itself. * Got to "swim with the sharks" and the Rays, enojoyed waaay too much local rum, made some good friends, got sunburnt, got covered in sandfly bites, and thoroughly enjoyed it all! The version thats sitting in a canoe, drifting in peace in warm carribean waters, just taking in the tropical island views: Caye Caulker. The usual destination in Belize along with Ambergris, and for good reason! I bussed from San Ignacio after a morning reading the Lonely Planet guide to Mexico and enjoying one of the biggest fruit platters ever, to Belize City, and met a very interesting guy on the bus who had just bought a puppy for ... read more

As we get off the H2o taxi and walk along the jetty, there is a mosaic sign greeting us. "Welcome to Caye Caulker, GO SLOW!" And this was the attitude toward life on the Is, chill out, relax, have a good time and go slow man!I look along the beach and i see palm trees, waterfront bars and reef, i think i'm going to enjoy C.C. We had originally planned to stay in Belize city but had been told it was shitty (& it was!) and to go straight to C.C. So we tagged along with most off the bus onto the h20 taxi to an Island of the coast of Belize, C.C.We planned to stay 2 days and ended up staying 5, this place was great. All sand streets, no cars, golf cart taxi's, walking ... read more