San Pedrano Hotel
Travel Blogs from San Pedro
Caye Caulker, Belize
... with a fan
and conveniently with a balcony.
The island is very small and only has 2,000 inhabitants,
most of which are afro-carribean / rasta-influenced – it’s the kinda place
where everyone knows each other so there’s a really friendly vibe and as
they’re so used to tourists, they’re really helpful too. Lots of reggae and Bob
Marley! After settling into our room, we went to find ...
Unbelizeable
... the dream when we decided to throw in Guatemala's towel and head to the small Caribbean nation of Belize, the 13th and penultimate country of our journey. Some interesting trivia on Belize: the country has a total population of about 340 000 humans, approximately the same amount as Pietermaritzburg; it is the only Central American country with English as the official language; Guatemala still thinks that it owns Belize, we saw several Guatemalan maps ...
Belize 1- San Pedro
... for $11. Now had I just come from the States I would have thought, "eh, that's not horrible." But I was coming from Nicaragua… In Nicaragua $5 will get you a hamburger the size of a small pie, fries, and a beer. I ate pizza that night instead. The rest of the time I was out on San Pedro I ate PB&J in my room or found the real cheap hole-in-the-wall restaurants.
During my four days out on the Island ...
THE best Snorkel trip ever!
... was off to our "1st" snorkel spot. At this spot we saw all kinds of fish. I couldn't tell you what they were. We stayed at this spot for about an hour. Our guide brought his underwater camera. The camera was one of the reasons we booked with Carlos Tours. Maryann wanted to have the pics to bring back. Our guide, with his camera, got a great shot of Maryann touching a loggerhead turtle. Our guide started clapping his hands underwater ...
Go Slow
... itself was quite an adventure. I've been in rougher seas perhaps once or twice, but never going at the speed in such a relatively small boat as we did yesterday. Our driver estimated that we were in 6-7 foot waves, which for open water, not at a surf's break, is quite good sized, and yet he expertly threaded between and over the peaks through the troughs with seldom a jarring shock of landing back down on a smaller set of waves. Still, today my butt is ...