Spindrift Resort Hotel San Pedro

The trip here was great, it didnt take half as long as I expeted. We took a bus from Mahahaul to Chetumal and then a bus to Belize city. The water taxi from belize city to caye caulker took about 40 minutes. The bad part was it was pouring rain when we got to belize city, and the water taxi wasnt all covered. Me adara, grubby, and Katheryn all had to sit on the uncovered section, they gave us a tarp to cover up with ...

... the next day and heading back to my hotel. It was only about 8pm and I thought I'd be bored silly since the room didn't have a tv either. But, as soon as I got into bed and started to read, I new I wasn't going to last. I turned the light off at 8:30 and went to sleep very soon after. Before I booked the room I was warned that the rooms can get a little noisy because it's right in town, but I came prepared with ear plugs just in case. I woke up once in the middle of ...

... the name suggests was a haven for some beautiful fish.<br>We had a really great day out, well worth the 360Belizian dollars. <br><br>New Years Eve: We had a fairly chilled out day, had a swim in the 'Split' - there is no beach on Caye Caulker but there is a kind of pier between 2 parts of the island known as the 'split' where everyone goes to swim and hang out. <br>We took the 'sunset' sailing trip with Ragamuffin Tours to celebrate new year - it left ...

... Caye caulker to our hotel "The Happy Lobster". After acquiring our room key we walked around and found Brenden and Larry drinking 2 for 1 happy hour drinks and of course we joined them immediately. We spent the next 3 days doing as little as possible in the stifling heat. the mornings and evenings were used to walk around, eat, drink and be merry. due to it being slow season, many businesses had closed up shop for ...

... walked around, snorkeled, and bought souvenirs. I hope to be able to blog tomorrow night from Texas, but don't know if I will be able to. If not, I am signing off until we get back to Lville. Take care, God bless, and keep your lights shining.

... at Willies Bar at least once. Free rum punches and your choice of conch, fish, chicken or pork. All for less than $10, you can't go wrong. I arrived half way through happy hour and was worried I wouldn't get a drink. No worries, Willie brought a couple more pitchers out for me. We sat at picnic tables with the darkness softly lit by overhead lights. I had the curried conch with vegetables and rice, it was excellent. The fish looked good too, Languages ...

... Sarah agreed. We'd seen rays, sharks, a turtle, and coral, in addition to a thrilling boat ride, which we would both have bruises from the next day. Further dodging of the bad swimmers in the cold just did not sound like fun. Back in the boat (Bag stowage debacle: 8), several other people agreed with us at first, but in the end, almost everyone jumped back in the water (Bag stowage debacle: 9) when we reached the new spot on the reef. The only other holdouts were one of the ...

... the caves. It is dark and cold and Dr T lets my hand go. I turn around and (try to) sign to him: hold my hand, do not let go. I am scared. And I really think everybody is. Macho Tony denies, of course, but I do not believe him. And then: the sharks surround us. 2 to 3 meters long sharks. We see 7 in total. But, we know there are MUCH more. And then I notice the stalactites. Hanging from the cave, till 20 meters down. And then I get used to ...

We'd like to say that we've been really busy with work and haven't been able to get to an update in a while, but the truth is that we've just been a bit lazy. It's "winter" here which means that when it rains, it usually rains all day. Fortunately, that's dying out and we're seeing some gloriously clear, warm (not hot) and breezy days. Come visit! ROB'S UPDATE: This last month saw a temporary change in focus for my work, from marine to terrestrial exploration. Seems the ...