Blogs from Belize, Central America Caribbean - page 104

Belize - this is a country that anybody will find it hard not to fall in love with. Sorry its been a while, since I last wrote 10 days ago,we about to cross the border from Chetumal, Mexico into Belize. We actually decided to stay one more night after I wrote the previous blog as we didnt really fancy a night bus ride, so after a final selection of tacos for dinner, we were on the road the following morning for a whole new set of adventures in Belize.... Our introduction in Belize was quite absurd. After a 30 minute bus ride to the border customs, we got out and amongst a host of impatient looking Mexicans, queued for our passport stamp. We watched as the others strolled through with all the ease in the world, ... read more

Maya Walk Tour Offices, San Ignacio Ended up at Martha's for dinner last night. Ran into Lucien and his dad and George along the way. Caroline and her brother and their family were already eating at Martha's when we arrived. Matt went with pizza (good, but not nearly NY quality) and I had a huge burrito. Ran into Lucian and his dad again and the four of us went to the Internet Cafe and then on to Deja Vu (run by a crazy German guy) just across the bridge in Santa Elena for my final Belekin of the trip. I think I'll actually miss the beer. Headed home around 11:30 pm and crashed. Got up at 6:30 this morning and booked a spot on a direct shuttle to the airport. So much nicer than getting ... read more

Placencia - Omar's Place Saturday morning we were up bright and early. Broke down camp (and wasn't at all sad to be rid of the smallest, leakiest tent ever) and packed everything onto the boat. We had spent the evening drinking rum punch and watching the moon rise. So great. We had breakfast on the boat and set off for our first snorkel spot out on the reef. It was quite beautiful - shallow patchy reef formations teeming with fish. I could have stayed there all day. Lunch was on the boat - fruit and bologna sandwiches. Then we struggled to make good time to Tobacco Caye. Along the way we were quite successful with fishing, including two enormous barracudas. There was no shortage of food for the night and we were looking forward to barracuda ... read more

I'm finding my final morning here to be quite sad - I wish I had a month. I'm not at all ready to leave. Well - my feet are ready - I've never had such horrible blisters in my life - at least 3 on each foot. At least I'm getting on a boat where I won't have to wear shoes. Last night found us bar hopping. Janneke, Warren, Alex and I went to the Ocean Side Bar & Grill to meet Barbara. Janneke and I each had a rum runner - huge, fruity, and way too much rum. We played darts, then Janneke, Warren and I went to Herbal Tribe for guacamole and cuba libres. Then rejoined with Alex and Natasha and headed off to the I and I. Plenty of crazy reggae guys, but ... read more

The island life is definitely suiting me well. Got up around 6 am when the guys woke me. We'd all been out to I and I bar the night before (mmm...Belekin Beer!) but Barbara (from Holland) and I went back not long after an island wide power outage at 10:30 pm. It was a hot and muggy night with rain and no fans - tough to pass out. Anyhow, we all grabbed some tea upstairs, then sat outside the tsumani office until they opened at 8 am so we could rent snorkeling equipment. Then Billy (from Atlanta) and I went to snorkel at the spit for a while. Not the best snorkeling ever, but enjoyable nonetheless. Besides fish we saw some cool jellyfish-like urchins, conch and starfish. Billy was always quick to dive down and bring ... read more