Belize City & Caye Caulker

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We crossed the border into Belize and passed through Mexican and Belizean customs (interesting!) and it was clear, after boarding the bus, we were in an entirely different culture; no more 1st class buses, reggae blasting from the bus stereo and the people a mix of English, Mexican and Carribean.
The climate is very lush compared with the dryness of Mexico and the houses reminded us of ´The Colour Purple´ and ´Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistlestop Cafe´. Most of the houses are on wooden stilts as flooding used to be very common.
We arrive in Belize city and befriend a Norwegian couple who travel with us to a local Chinese restaurant for some apres journey snacks (there are tons of Chinese take-outs here for some reason!). We manage to hitch a ride with the local armed police which was amusing, even though we had a stop-off to check out a domestic incident! (Not too scary then!!) At night the city of Belize is eerily dead and robbery is frequent.

Next morning we rose early to catch a boat to a small island called Caye Caulker. Due to the coloured wooden houses, we felt like we were in toyland here particularly, as everyone travels around via golf buggy´s! We hired some wheels and bombed around the island which took a whole 30 mins!
Aside from travelling around by golf buggy´s, it is also easy to walk days on end here barefoot...the island has such a laidback atmosphere and the people are very friendly.

We were disappointed to find that trips to the Lighthouse Reef/Bluehole were too expensive. We had already found Mexico costly so we had to miss out here. Shame.

Onwards to Guatemala to save some dosh!

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Comments

[Marina]

Ratsta Pasta
Love it girls! You look like you're having the best time, am soooo jealous. Keep sending these blogs, less pictures of the sites but more of you as they make me chuckle. Look after yourselves xx

[Fareita]

Wicked Pictures
Hey girls you guys look like you are having an amazing time, proper culture vultures and all looking so toned tanned and happy! Wish i was there, Sarah M just gave me the link so add me to the blog, hopefully will be in Thailand around Xmas so if you are out that way lets hook up!! Keep up with the awesome pictures!!!!