Dianes Beach House Caye Caulker

... perfect.<br><br>On arrival at our accommodation, The Barefoot Beach, I think I was in a little state of shock when I saw our room. I turned to Cassie and said 'Oh my God Cassie, there's not even a wardrobe' Cassie reassured me that this was actually a good standard room compared to some of the places we'll probably stay, later on in our trip, I learned she was exactly right!<br><br>Was was even more concerning was when Susan, the owner of the hotel, sadly who's American ...

... the island not the perfect paradise is that there is only a small swimming area because the rest of the water surrounding the island is full of seaweed. This makes it a good snorkeling place, we supposed since you can see many creatures, but it is not good for typical beach goers.<br><br>Shortly after we arrived at the hotel, which was really cozy with a porch and hammock it started to rain. This gave us a great opportunity to lay around in the hammock for a while and for ...

Shane says:<br><br>We were up at 4:30am, and waited for about 45 minutes for our bus to turn up, knowing that this would mean we would miss our connecting boat ride to Caye Caulker, but hoping that it wouldn&#8217;t matter (turns out it didn&#8217;t).<br><br>The bus was a minibus, making things a little crampy for our long legs, but we were just happy that some mode of transportation turned up at all. <br><br>Fairly uneventful ride. Saw some suspicious looking cows ...

... et j'ai fait tout le voyage a l'arriere du bateau au grand vent (et au grand soleil). Au moins, j'oubliais de stresser pour la plongee. <br><br>Dans le blue hole nous sommes descendu jusqu'a 45m et j'ai vue entre autre 3 requins d'environ 3m, une raie et une tortue. C'etait vraiment cool.<br><br>Les autres plongees se sont bien deroulees aussi. Nous avons vu un "grouper", espece de gros poisson brun qui pese 40lbs. Cependant a la 3e plongee, j'avais oublie de mettre ...

Mon July 15<br><br>After the big storm last night I was relieved to see that it was not raining this morning. Packed up and walked down to the road to wait for the bus. The first one to Dangriga was nice with good seats and AC. Switched in Dangriga to a chicken bus (aka old school bus that sits up to 6 + people along each row) to Belize city via Belmopan. Along the way we passed through jungle, mountains and many small villages with thatched roofs and little kids standing in the door ...

... a clean private room with shared bathroom for $12USD a night, which was much better than the $30USD we paid in the city for a termite eaten room with paper thin walls. We spent four nights on Caye Caulker and entertained ourselves by swimming, snorkeling, and bike riding. While there weren´t any reefs near the shore, there was a place on the island called the Split, where the island was split in ...

... baby baby, the baby is here!' Half asleep but very excited we thanked them for letting us know and almost ran to the first phone box we could find that worked along the beach to find out the news beaming from ear to ear! On getting through to Pauline/mum, the story was slightly different in that communication over the phone had been a tad difficult with the belizian owner and it turned out that the baby hadn't arrived yet but that Sasha had gone into labour in the early ...

... pleasures of life and have learned not to expect much from their country. Instead, they foster relationships with family and friends that are far more important than any political aid or presidential election. I spent a few days on the shores of Lake Atitlan, a huge lake surrounded by towering volcanoes and speckled with small traditional fishing villages. The streets are filled with Mayan women dressed in vibrant ...

... but has lots of interesting exhibits, the star of which is the Jade Head found at one of the Mayan ruins. The head is just over 6 inches in diameter and is the largest known carved Jade figure. Unfortunately they do not allow photos to be taken. From here we then went to the old Government House, in use until Independence, it is now a cultural centre although it has a display of 19th century furniture and porcelain, glassware and silver ...

After Mexico I headed south to Belize. If you didn´t manage to grasp that from the title you are stupid and probably my sister, Rachel. Belize is an ex colony, they speak english there, this was my first chance to interact with the locals on more than just a basic sign language level as had been conducted thus far. My first stop was Belize City. The biggest place in Belize, the name is a bit misleading because its small with a population of around 80 ...