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The good life
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11/26 - We packed up camp and hit the pavement with our thumbs out. Being sunday there are no buses from here to Belize city, so the only way to go is by the thumb. After a short while waiting on the side of the road with our buddy Fallet using binoculars to look for cars we finally got a pick-up to take us to the next intersection. Here we got another ride with a mom and her kids to the main road were we could get a bus. Pretty easy. The bus came straight away and we were in Belize City before we knew it. We missed a boat by a few minutes so we stashed our pack and headed in town for lunch and a bit of exploring. This was easy because there was nothing open and the streets were pretty much empty, I hate sundays. I need to buy and new sleeping pad because my therma-rest is ruined. It has what I call delamed, the out layer seperated from an inner layer forming a large bubble that is impossible to sleep on. The boat ride to Caye Caulker was fast and smooth, nothing like Bucks wild ride. It started to rain a bit so a large tarp was passed over us to protect us from the rain. The island is real mellow with 1 main road and a bunch of lesser roads all hard packed sand. Only a few cars on the island so golf cart is the mode of transport for those who don't like to walk or ride bikes. Have we mentioned that cruiser bikes are the biggest fad down here, it seems like everyone has one. After doing our usual walking around searching for a place to stay we settled on the Happy Lobster, nice room with a fan and a shared balcony. It was still raining so we played some cards and drank a beer on the balcony with a fellow traveler. Once it stopped raining we went out to explore the town and find some food. So far this island seems very cool, so relaxed and beautiful.
11/27 - Today was a chill day of errands and beach. Did some laundry at a coin op laundrymat. Walked to the south end of the island, and long the way stopped at the mini reserve. This really was mini but cool, its good to see that they protect some lands and don't build on all of it. It was a beautiful walk along the ocean and mangroves. There is no real beach here on Caye Caulker, the popular 'beach' hang out is at a crumbling concret bridge. It was a bit crowded so we found a nice spot to chill, read, and sunbath. We moved to stay in the sun a few times and ended up out on a pier. This was really the best spot of the day, a great place to swim and chill, with views of the town. Most of the beaches have sea grass right off shore, not the most fun to swim in. But out here of the dock it was clear. Watched an amazing sunset from here. Dinner was not the best and we booked a tour for the morning. Should be great.
11/28 - Before our tour we chilled near the water, its so nice to be so relaxed. Our tour was with a company called Ragamuffin and was a sailboat and snorkle tour. This was a great day, lots of fresh fruit, great weather and great snorkling. We had three differents stops to snorkle at. The first was called Elk horn reef and had some cool coral formations that looked like yup you guessed it elk antlers. The second stop was Shark and ray alley. Yup here we got to snorkle with nurse sharks and large rays. The guide even held a ray that we got to pet. There were not as many sharks as we were hoping for but it was way cool none the less. It is so amazing to watch the rays fly through the water, they are so graceful. After this stop we had lunch as we sailed to the the third stop. This was the best stop of the day, called Hol Chan. This is a natural channel in the reef. We swam up one side of the channel along a coral wall crossed of the channel and swam along the other side. The coral here was the biggest we have seen with large fish to go with it. There were some grouper that were at least 3 or 4 feet. Wow. Our guide Charlie fed a moray eel so we got to see it come out and swim instead of just the usual sighting of its head. The sail back was great as well, they served lots of rum punch. That might be what made it so fun. Charlie our guide and captain let me sail for a bit while he went and got a drink. When he took over again we chatted with him the rest of the way back to Caye Caulker. Very cool and interesting local garifuna guy who spent his life on the water. We got back just in time to see the sun set behind the island as we pulled into port. What a great day and we didn't even get sunburned. We ate dinner on the street at a small bbq which was great. We really like it here but tomorrow we must move on, there are other beach towns waiting for us!
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Where I stayed:
The Happy Lobster
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