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Intro to the Northern Cayes: Caye Caulker and Ambergris Caye Belize's 180-mile-long barrier reef is the eastern edge of the limestone shelf that underlies most of the Mayan lands. The sea is very shallow west of the reef, usually not much more than 15 feet deep - which allows numerous islands called cayes (pronounced keys) to bask in warm waters. Of the dozens of cayes that dot the blue waters of the Caribbean off the Belizean coast, the two most popular with travelers are Caye Caulker and Ambergris Caye. Caulker is commonly thought of as the low-budget island, where hotels and restaurants are less expensive than on resort-conscious Ambergris, though with Caulker's booming popularity its residents are fighting to keep the distinction. Water sports are the name of the game on both islands, especially on Ambergris. ... read more

So, with everyone telling me that its been raining back in Blighty and the stockmarket is collapsing, its a good job that the World Cup is about to start and Wayne Rooney is fit to lead us to glory in the Fuhrer's back yard! Games over here kick off at 7am, 10am and 1pm local time. I have therefore used my crystal ball and forecasted many an all day drink-athon, which is helpfully aided by the lack of licensing laws here, and the local bars willingness to open for 6.30am......... Could get messy, VERRRRRRY messy! To make it better, I've moved out of my last place, Tina's, (The roof leaked when it rained) into a flat with a German guy called Jurg who's doing his divemaster on the island too. Whilst he's got the double bed ... read more

After Tikalling, we momentarily lost the use of some useful parts of are brains, due to some unknown reason (something in the water if you ask me) with some people we hadn´t seen since, ooh lets see, Semuc. Much fun if not completely extravagent evening, and I paid for it in full for both of us when I got very ill the next day. After a few days starving I am much better now. So after a brief visit to Flores; lovely little cobbled street number, on an island in Lake Peten Itza with a very happening hostel where you can meet all the people you just saw at Tikal, anyway we left the next day, to Belize with local minibusses. Not been to America, but would hazard a guess that Belize, or certainly the coastal ... read more

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One of the many reasons for this trip was to be somewhere cool and memorable for my birthday. Caye Caulker is certainly fits into this category. The island's motto "Go Slow" is taken very seriously on this beautiful laid back island. It's quite ironic, considering the sign is one of the first things you see when you alight from the incredibly fast speed boat. I had a fantastic day. Lots of birthday wishes on the email from my family and friends which set the day up nicely for the crawl of cocktail happy hours. Much to my growing frustration, Su and Adrian kept dissappearing throughout the day to "make a phone call" or go back to their room as they thought "they left the tap running". Imagine my embarassement, guilt and excitement when they rocked up ... read more