Conch Shell Hotel San Pedro

... can swim in the water in between, so it´s a nice place to hang out. There are lots of silly stores and bars here, but it doesn´t feel like too much of a tourist trap. Maybe that´s just because it´s low low season. Prices here, as we were warned, are way higher then other countries in Central America, so we headed to the grocery store (there are like 6 here, all run by Chinese people), and bought Ramen for only 40 cents! Went back to the hostel and made ...

... latin America and I was blown away by Guatemala. This time, after nearly 6 months in latin America I am so happy to hear English spoken (in the lilting Caribbean tones of Brixton!), to be able to understand the signs and posters, to see cars stop for pedestrians at zebra crossings, to see the Queen's head on the money. If the food was more British - like decent Thai and Indian restaurants - I'd stay here.

... had some drinks, and ended up spending most of the afternoon on the island. By the time that we left, Tom and I were running late to return our snorkelling gear to the hire shop before it shut, and needed to make up time.  But the driver insisted that we stopped at a place called shark-ray alley for a final snorkel.  It was cloudy; the water looked unappealing, so I decided to stay on the boat.  The driver said: "It's really good here ...

... down mango cake and key lime pie. It's become our daily treat to try a different version of his cakes and so far we've not been disappointed. Our final day on the island is again a chillax day. The winds are still really strong which makes snorkeling impossible, even if we could face another bumpy boat trip. On the plus side it helps to keep all the mossies and sandflies at bay, we already have more than our fair share of bites. In the early evening we head to Ragamuffin Tours ...

... out significantly since the day we arrived. It was beginning to be about as empty as we had anticipated. There was a small party of some sort going on at the north split with a huge speaker system blaring out reggae. The beach was not very nice looking and everybody swimming seemed to be a local. We decided to just walk back towards the middle of the island. After seeing the whole island, we would ...

... like it was dancing with him. We sensed that something was not right when it started to open its mouth...it must have thought that the brightly-yellow-coloured regulator on the diver was food. Greg promptly applied his turtle catching skills to lead it away. After the first dive, unknown to us, there was a 1 hour stop in San Pedro. As we hadn´t expected that, we didn´t our wallets with us...we tried to ease our hunger by drinking the complimentary mineral water and ...

... Met a guy named Floyd. After a quick nap it was off to the Relocation Tour dinner - where we got drenched. The 60% chance of rain finally caught up to us. We still had dinner on the beach after the storm passed. Met some nice people there. Looking forward to finding out a lot at the seminar tomorrow.

... out there throughout the weekend. Also went out on Caulkertown one night where we went to two cool bars - one had swings you sit on at the bar and tables, and the other was a karaoke bar with sand floor. Most of the Belizeans are pretty wicked singers - they did lots of Bob Marley, Shaggy and randomly Mariah Carey. Don't worry I didn't embarrass New Zealand by displaying my karaoke skills =) The main purpose of our trip ...