Blogs from Belize, Central America Caribbean

The week has just disappeared, one day blending into the next. Lots of relaxing and reading in hammocks for me, and fishing and lobster hubting for the boys (I accompanied them one day, but mostly I left them to all do their guy thing, along with Mathieu, the Italian guy who's been heading out with them every day and usually joins us for meals). We've been eating amazing meals every day, glad Glen is in charge of the cooking :) We've had lobster every day we've been here, and lots of fish. Yesterday was their last fishing day (they all wanted to relax today), and we finally got ice Wed, so we could put some of the catch on ice for meals today. Most days, they've walked along the crest out the 1 mile to the ... read more

We met up with Glen at the ferry dock yesterday morning, then negoiated with a taxi to take us grocery shopping and then to Sittee River- $175 for the 4 of us. Bus would have been a lot cheaper, but then we'd have taxis in the city and a hard time hauling all our junk including groceries for the week. It was about a 2 1/2 hr drive, plus some stopa to pick up stuff we wanted. Got to Sittee River and found out the guest house on the river wasn't really open as they were doing renovations (they had dorm beds, but the boat wouldn't be departing from there, just from the marina, and the restaurant wasn't open, so we'd be stuck in the middle of no where for no reason. The taxi took us ... read more

Deo got up early today to go fishing, and then picked up breakfast on the way home, stuffed jacks. No, not the fish called a jack. Stuffed jacks are a fried dough (similar to if you deep fried a tortilla, so that it all puffed up), with different ingredients inside, like egg and cheese. Super greasy amd delicious. We had breakfast together, then Auri and I went out for awhile. Auri rented a bike, and did a bit of fishing, then we went to try to find the used clothing store (closed). Had a swim in the pool. Later Auri went back out fishing and found another kid that was fishing, so he came back to get Deo and they all went together. I took a walk, dropped off flyers at some of the hostels on ... read more

So as the Canadian winter has decided to go on and on and on and on with no sign of Spring other than the date on the calendar it was high time we got out of the chilly climes for a week, and so it was back to Belize...debated hard on whether to return to Placencia (as we loved it there) or to try somewhere new, and at the 11th hour we decided on something new: Caye Caulker! Just a week getaway to relax, get some sun, catch up on some reading and more importantly to get back to the Belikin beer and burritos, giddy up! It's a bit of a hike for one week but well worth it; again as in Placencia there were no big resorts, very laid back atmosphere, great food and the ... read more

There was a weather front stationed over the Caribbean which brought pretty high winds and cool temperatures…well cool for the Caribbean but hot for the South Dakotans on board. Our next port of call was to be Cozumel, Mexico. Unfortunately, due to the weather front, the Voyager was not able to run its tender operations to get passengers ashore. All the available docks were occupied by other cruise ships. Our Virtuoso group was scheduled for an excursion in Cozumel to visit San Gervasio, a sacred Mayan archeological site, and also to tour the village of San Miguel de Cozumel. But instead we had a fine day at sea. We took our group on a galley tour. Executive Chef Kelly explained the inner workings of the galley. A complex operation which serves 700 guests in four restaurants, ... read more