Casa Blanca by the Sea Hotel Corozal

... yes they drink so much Guinness here but only problem is it is the old style stout bottles that are nowadays only used for the Christmas cake...<br><br>Then disaster struck again, a trip to the bank machine and our card gets swallowed... no we have no card or money between us... this time Stephens Dad has to bail us out through Western Union... God Bless family.... time to leave our bad luck behind in Belize and get to Mexico...<br>

... of rum punch a sun burnt legs! I've also found a new baked good to replace pumpkin cookies- banana bread. The girls and I quirky worked out that " cake man" sold the best banana bread on the island. His wife cooks massive batches and then sends him off to the beach with his little cart to sell it to tourists. It is by far the yummiest banana bread ever! Another food highlight has been the lush banana smoothies from the swing bar (it has a bar ...

... I took some more pictures, and watched the sunset from the roof of a bar while having a few beers. Again, what a tough damn life the traveller lives! Brendan needed a ****. What a nightmare this turned into. The bar had no toilet paper, so we went somewhere miles away, I went back to the room because I got sick of waiting, went to sleep, woke up like and hour later and went to get tea, before going back to the room. He turned up back like 3 hours later after drinking withy some locals he ...

... into the water. We jumped in right away to have an experience with the sharks while the guides picked up the rays for us to touch. A turtle swam underneath my fins and not minding anyone, went about eating sea grass for an hour! Hol Chan was perhaps the best as there was an abundance of marine life adjacent to the channel and our guide made it a fun informative snorkel. We ended up on the roof drinking rum punch, snacking on fruit, shrimp cerviche and basking in the warm sun as we ...

... boat trip up to the jungle covered Maya ruins at Lamanai.  I was expecting the boat trip to be a gentle cruise up the river.  But it wasn't.  It was a speedboat.  If I ever win Bullseye, this is where I'm going to bring my speedboat.  It was awesome - like something out of a James Bond film.  Our guide was called Elvis.  Not only did he have an incredible quiff, he was also amazing at spotting wildlife from miles away, while the boat was travelling at speed.  So much so, that I ...

Today we had to get up very early at 5am so we could be at the bus for 6.20am. We had an air conditioned bus all the way to the Belize border. I was freezing on the bus because I only had shorts and a sleeveless top on, but Beth saved the day and let me wrap her scarf around me. After the border we got on a different bus that did´n´t have air con which was a big relief to get away from the cold! It was then a 2 hour ride to the ...

... on the bus. Racing back to hopefully retrieve them I'm upset to find they are long gone. Bet the chances of finding an Oakley store from here on in is pretty slim. Having to change buses to continue into Belize, we're now riding in what can only be described as an old school bus with up-right seats and very little airflow but as it stated 'VIP' on the front I can only assume that this is going to be the best of the bunch from here on in. It's ...

... of them spoke Kriol; a local pidgin English. We finished off the night by having a couple of rums and coke on the balcony in front of our room and watching then Adult Swim. The red light on the AC came on during the night and it stopped putting out much cold air. The room began to become like the one we had stayed in at Crystal Paradise; unacceptable for the price we were paying. We planned to ask for a new room in the morning if they couldn't fix the AC.

... of marine life you see is just overwhelming! Even on our relatively short snorkeling trips we saw manta rays, barracudas, large green moray eels and literally thousands of brightly coloured tropical fish. The fish are everywhere and luckily they aren´t scared of large flipper-clad Scandinavians who approach them rather gracelessly in an attempt to touch, catch and swim amongst them. The snorkeling also gave me an oppotunity to observe Ian in his natural element ...

Caye Caulker Another tourist trap, but a very laid back one. It is a longish couple of bus rides from Playa del Carmen into Belize, and then a ferry ride out to the caye. It appealed to me right away because there were frigate birds circling at low heights on the sandy road outside our very basic hotel. The caye is pretty narrow, but reasonably long. It has, if you count generously, three streets running along ...