Blogs from Belize Barrier Reef, Belize, Central America Caribbean - page 35

The girls and I headed straight to Caye Caulker for some much needed relaxation time after a 9 month contract on board the cruise ship!! It is stunning and the most beautiful place to be when you just want lazy days by the beach. We ate seafood, drank belikin and dozed the days away...We did manage to work up enough energy to spend one of our days out on the water sailing. We swam with sharks, stingrays and were lucky enough to spot a few manatees about. San Pedro was spent much the same - another beautiful Island made famous by Madonna's classic "last night I dreamt of San Pedro"..... Though the islands were stunning, we were just too excited about our 10 week Central American adventure ahead to sit still long enough so we departed ... read more

Hello Friends! I'm writing to you personally instead of through the blog because I am now apart from my friend, Nicole, and I don't remember the password to get in. The last I wrote we were heading to Livingston, Guatemala, a funky little beachside community that is comprised of Mayas, Garifunas (the descendents of African slaves), and Indians. The first thing we did was consult our Lonely Planet guide book and set out to find a place to stay. This was the first time that we encountered some problems. Our first and second choices were closed due to repairs, and our 3rd choice was frightening. Mind you we were climbing steep hills fully loaded with backpacks on our front and back sides in the sweltering noon time heat. By the time we found a place to ... read more

Sorry for the delay here, but using the internet at Caye Caulker costs 5 or 6 dollars US per hour! We'd booked the snorkelling trip for 10:30am, so we found a couple cups of coffee and chilled til about 10am. Armed with sunscreen, bathing suits, flippers, mask, and snorkel, we boarded Carlos's boat. After a short, bumpy 15 minute ride, we slowed down cause Carlos spotted a manatee. We donned our gear and dropped overboard. Although it was pretty deep, the water was crystal clear. Within minutes, we spotted a manatee and on approaching it, found two more. Such awesome creatures! We swam near them for quite a while, watching them frolic a bit and generally drift about. When two of them wnet to the bottom to "sleep", we got back on the boat to ... read more

We have been on the island of Caye Caulker for about a day and a half now, and the slow moving island life has already set in. After leaving the water taxi a man on the dock said, "Welcome to Paradise. This really is Paradise." He hit it right on the nose, because this island is wondeful. There are several backpackers her from all over the world, but it is void of your Disney Land tourists:) There aren't any beaches here to swim in, but you enter the water at about 3 feet at the split. The split is a narrow channel of water the split the once connect island of San Pedro and Cay Caulker during a hurricane. The water is almost to warm to be refreshing, but it is so clear that you ... read more

Caye Caulker (quay corker), Belize. Ahhhhh, sandy islands, palm trees, 85degC, blue skies...a rest at last! We arrived by sea taxi from Belize City on Tuesday, I was feeling sooooo dodgy with a combination of dehydration and too much sun but it was so nice to finish the long haul trip across Guatemala to Belize which meant two night stops from Palenque to Flores (Guatemala) to see more Mayan Ruins and then Belize City, all of that in insanely hot cramped buses with all trips 5hrs+ over bad bad roads kinda took it's toll on us. First of all I have to say the people and culture here is FANTASTIC!! Every single local person bursts with smiles and a wonderfully laid back attitude, you barely pass a person as you meander down the sandy tracks ... read more