Ambergris Caye, Belize Travel Blogs

Where M hugs a shark and T is scared (AND admits)
May 29, 2007 (1 photos)

... place. Dr T booked the hotel but we are still waiting for the confirmation. The flights? Tropical Air again. Where: from Ambergris to Belize City (where we are not staying), through to Placencia. Why? Because we are going to dive with the whale sharks ...

First dives in Belize
May 27, 2007 (3 photos)

We had a lovely meal last night and go to bed afterwards with our book. I wake up, it is light, I look at my diving computer: 09h02: we are too late for our dive. I almost start screaming: 'Tomcat!!!' when I notice: it is 05h02. No more sleep for me! I ...

Welcome to Belize
May 26, 2007 (3 photos)

... , we would struggle to decide who is going to be pilot and co-pilot, ... . The flight takes 14 minutes and after landing on Ambergris Cay, we walk to our hotel, where they have the good news: We do not have our ocean view (ok) We have twin beds for ...

The Great Blue Hole: the dive of my life!!!
May 28, 2007 (12 photos)

... on a full boat, on the uncomfortable metal of the seats is a challenge. Dr T is very tired, of course. And the sea is rough. Belize has something cute: the water bags. When I saw them in the shop I thought: what do you do with that? Well, this is what ...

Ambergris Caye
Jan 7, 2009

... guatemala, puerto barrio to punta gorda in belize, and then flew from punta gorda to belize city, and then belize city here to San Pedro in Ambergris Caye.  It was a long traveling day.  The planes were pretty crazy, very small, and very casual ...

Scuba!
Jan 9, 2009 (4 photos)

... The rest of that dive was ok, but at the end we saw another turtle, which was cool, and I think lars got some good pictures of that one. Tomorrow morning we are off to do one day at Caye Caulker, then we head home.  See (some of) you all soon M

The Cayes
Nov 22, 2008 (20 photos)

... a coati eating seeds and bugs on the side of the trail. I then slowly made my way to the Cayes. I plan on traveling to San Ignacio to do some jungle trekking in a few days, and I'll write more then. Here are some of the photos of Coba and Ambergris Caye.

Ambourgis Cay
Sep 8, 2006 (16 photos)

... up with Paul later in Belize were foiled by outrageous prices for solo accomodation) to San Pedro, on Ambergois Cay in Belize. A really nice place, and a real island atmosphere. Somehow the others were incessantly offered souviners, scuba, or meals by the ...

Belize Please.
Aug 30, 2006

... hole, but it was only for one night. Up the next morning to catch the water taxi to San Pedro on Ambergris (which I'm pretty sure means whale vomit) Caye. Well, it's pretty here, a little touristy, but nice. The Blue Hole dive isn't looking good though. ...

Night Dive at Hol Chan
Dec 31, 2005 (5 photos)

Today we arrived on the island of Ambergris Caye. Before our tiny plane set down on the even tinier dirt road, we were treated to a gorgeous aerial view of the reefs in the surrounding area. The water was so incredibly blue and clear, you could see the ...

Caye Caulker
Aug 16, 2009 (22 photos)

... we had the most amazing experience with two manatees who stayed to swim and circle Dave.  Luck was on our sides in Caye Caulker - we played trivia on three nights and won two nights and came second on the other (which paid for all of our drinks ...

Chillin with Mom
Apr 17, 2009 (9 photos)

I will make this as fast as possible. I didn't want to take my bike into town so I left it at Barton creek and hitched a ride from an acquaintance of the owners. She was a repulsive beast that kept picking her scab on her face so blood was all over her ...

Belize - Snorkeling with Sting Rays
Apr 11, 2007 (6 photos)

... .  We'd been traveling all day, so we didn't get up to much that night. The next morning we went out to Ambergris island and stayed in San Pedro. The high speed water taxi over to the island shook the sleepy cobwebs out of us ...

Can't move
Sep 22, 2006 (5 photos)

I'm still here in San Pedro. I don't want to leave. I'm spoiled. Two nights in a row I've had people cook for me. Tonight I'm cooking for them. After they leave, I'm going to a private party at Jaguar's down the street. Tomorrow I was thinking of ...

You better Belize it
Jan 6, 2008

... Kathryn who's good fun. Hehe so it's husband Jono and his four wifeys travelling together. What a way to start our Belize trip going to Ambergris Caye! Had an hour or so to refresh in Belize City after our flight then jumped on a water taxi and zoomed ...

A Few Days on the Beach
Mar 3, 2009 (9 photos)

... , an island just of the coast.  When we landed in San Pedro town, I discovered two important pieces of information: 1.  Ambergris Caye is also known as "La Isla Bonita."  Yes, it's the island Madonna referred to in her song.  Awesome ...

Welcome to the Island!
Oct 28, 2009

So, first off (mom), our apologies for not blogging for the past week. Our reasons were threefold. 1. We were in Belize, where internet is ridiculously expensive. 2. We weren´t doing anything and thus had pretty much nothing to blog about. 3. Did we forget ...

Island Styling
Dec 2, 2005 (1 photos)

More diving from la Isla Bonita, Ambergris Caye.

San Pedro
Aug 30, 2007

Lunch break

Christmas, New Year's, etc
Jan 1, 2005

I'm writing from San Pedro on Ambergris Caye where many tourists have come to ring in the new year. It's a tough life I lead, all of this time I have to spend on islands and in the ocean. I wouldn't wish it upon anyone ;) Since my last entry, much ...

A sucker for San Pedro
Sep 29, 2006 (5 photos)

My last day in paradise. It's so surreal...this life...my life. Right now, there is no other place in the world that I'd rather be. For those thinking of traveling to Belize, to San Pedro, I say go for it. You won't forget it.

They knew we were tourists.
Jan 3, 2008

... were tourists." After what seemed like an endless ride, but in reality was only about two hours, we arrived at San Pedro on Ambergris Caye. We stumbled grouchily in to the Coral Beach Hotel where we found that they'd given us the wrong sort of room, but ...

San Pedro... La Isla Bonita
Nov 30, 2006

... morning we were ripped from our sleep at 5:30am by our alarm going off... tiem to get up to catch the boat over to Ambergris Caye (pronounced key)... one of the islands. A 2 hr boat ride gets you into San Pedro... the place that Madonna sings about in La ...

Belize - San Pedro & Caye Caulker
Dec 26, 2008 (85 photos)

We took the bus from Playa Del Carmen to Chetumal at the boarder of Belize - the objective was to get to Caye Caulker but we weren't exactly sure how we were going to get there! The guide books are a little vague on the boats so we weren't sure ...

Holidays
Jan 18, 2006 (5 photos)

... , guess which was louder) and to the zoo. While small, the zoo is really cool. It has only animals native to Belize, including some incredibly loud and brightly colored macaws and super stinky tapirs. The bus adventures took a rather odd turn when, in ...

Just another Belizian day
Sep 28, 2006

... Shaggy is the man). I told the guys that they needed a female bartender, as I hadn't seen one once - in either Guatemala or Belize. They couldn't have agreed more and behind the bar I went. It was a blast. After the bar closed, we all hung out together ...

The Northern Cayes of Belize
Mar 11, 2009 (4 photos)

... a crazy/sketchy bus to get to the ferry terminal where we could take a water taxi to San Pedro on Ambergris Caye therby skipping the hassle of going to Belize City first, then the cayes. San Pedro is a crazy busy little island town. I cant believe none ...

San Pedro, Belize
Apr 18, 2007

San Pedro, Belize

Ever held a shark or a stingray?
Jul 12, 2008

We woke up, hung out by the pool and got ready for our snorkeling excursion. We were told to meet the boat out on the dock at 2:15 and we received a call at 2PM in the room that the boat was ready, the front desk wrote down the wrong time and of course ...

Over the River and Through the Jungle...
Dec 7, 2005 (5 photos)

... I took a break from the office in November when the Fisheries Department sent me to the resort town of San Pedro on Ambergris Caye (memorialized by Madonna as La Isla Bonita) to be certified for my PADI SCUBA open water certification. While many people ...