Oct 26, 2017 - Caye Caulker, it’s a corker

To get to Caye Caulker, we had to get a bus for 4 hours to Chetumal in Mexico, then get a water taxi for 2 hours. We arrived at about 6pm, so had some tea and went to bed. Next day we switched hotels to Popeyes. We had a chilled day sunbathing and swimming at the spit, which is where the north island of Caye Caulker meets the south island. It was originally a whole island before a hurricane separated it. We watched the sunset at Sip and Dip, a bar on a jetty with hammocks and tubes in the sea, before having tea at Steve’s BBQ, grilled...

May 10, 2017 - Belize - Liberty and Sights

I was up early again this morning and down for devotions. I met Christine in restaurant for breakfast then we went to our room and got ready for our tour. We met some of our group in the showroom where we were allocated to a tender. We chatted while we waited and eventually we went down to the boat. The tenders here are quite different from the ones we have seen on other ships. Mostly we have seen them use the lifeboats as tenders, but here they contract with a local company to supply larger boats that ferry the passengers back and forth....

Feb 15, 2017 - Belize

Arrived 8 am and departed 4:15 pm. We anchored a long way from shore, and had to take a tender that took at least 15 minutes. We took the Lamanai Mayan Ruins and River Boat Safari tour. Our tour guide was Elvis and he talked nonstop the whole air-conditioned (modern)bus ride to the boat. The ride was through the scenic Belize River Valley. He shared local history and information and was full of energy. He pointed out historic villages which were the original settlements of the colony of British Honduras, along the way. Belize is the only...

May 16, 2015 - San Pedro, Belize

This update is months old since I actually went to Belize back in May, but I'm adding it for completeness and because the blog gives me a really good record of my travels. Mom and I (after she had only been out of the hospital a month!) flew to Belize via Houston. We met up with my brother at the Houston airport then continued on to Belize City then a short hop on a prop plane to the town of San Pedro on Ambergris Caye. We had a great room on the second floor of a hotel right on the beach which meant nice sea breezes to keep us cool. San...

Apr 11, 2015 - San Ignacio

Off this morning to the Saturday market was all ready very busy when I got there at 7:00am lots of vegetables, cooked food, clothes, and about anything you could want had breakfast there then off by local bus to Xunantunich A Maya site a short way from town had to cross the river by a hand cranked ferry, then got a ride the 1 mile to the site by a couple that was on the ferry. I was the first in the park for the morning followed by the couple from Iowa, was nice checking out the ruins went to the top of El Castillo nice view from the top,...

Apr 10, 2015 - Today we travel to San Ignacio

up at 5:30 out for a walk and some breakfast then back to room to pack my bags as we leave today heading back to the main land by water taxi and on to San Ignacio for the next two nights. Checked out of our hotel at 11:00 and off to taxi station dropped off our bags then got a Cuban coffee while waiting for time to get the water taxi back to Belize City, on the taxi for 45 minute ride, I was seated in the back so got a bit wet, lol then a couple reg taxi's to the bus station, where we got our local bus to San Ignacio, was a old USA school...

Apr 9, 2015 - on the island

We have another full day here on the island so it was a very laid back type of day, out for breakfast, walk about the inland, some more pictures, mailed a couple post cards, did a bit of washing, work on travel blog, and a hour long massage on the beach great, a few beers, ice cream, great lunch of grill snapper with a sauce and rice, back to the split for a beery sunset, a group at 7 then out for a dinner of grill shrimp a very nice relaxing day, the only thing wrong with this place was the lobster season was closed so no lobster for dinner...

Apr 8, 2015 - Caye Caulker, Belize

My morning starts off with a walk to the splits to get a few shots of the sun rise the cool breeze coming in off the sea is great, the birds busy, not a lot of people up most of the tourist sleeping in after a night of drinking and partying. A stop at Amor Y café for some coffee and a waffle with fresh fruit and a side of Bacon. yum, an then continuing my walk about the island, my group meets at 10:00am for a sail boat ride to Hol Chan marine Reserve for a great playing in the water, a time to swim with the small sharks and to feed some...

Apr 7, 2015 - travelling to Belize

Up early this morning a little work on travel blog and some breakfast before we get our private bus to Belize, a 18 passage bus real nice, was to take a local bus but our tour leader was able to get the private one for the same cost, great. The next stop was at the border crossing was a quick trip there handing over 25.00 USD for our exit fee, a exit stamp, back on the bus for a short ride to the border for Belize, there a quick check and stamp in passport, a walk though customs and now on two vans for our 2 hour trip to Belize City, we...

Feb 25, 2015 - Fin du Mex ... Bonjour Améric Central

Bonjour à Tous, Pour le moment juste une petite entrer pour mettre un point sur la carte et quelques photos du Belize. Petit texte plus tard. Comme vous avez pu voir sur ma carte, fin officiel de l'Améric du Nord et début de l'Americ Central par le Belize. Wababadoudou !!! Petit Os Nomade toujours sur la route... Aujourd'hui 20 mai 2015 : Petit commentaire durant ma réhabilitation (qui va bien, seleument long et pas beaucoup d'action physique, piscine, un peu marche, un peu vélo). Je ne me doutais pas un instant que cette dernière phrase...

Feb 21, 2015 - Belize City

WE had our goodbye meal and I decided, with Bridget, to meet them for breakfast and goodbye's. Bridget is off to another island, San Pedro, and I was leaving later so I wouldn't be spending too much time in Belize. Another, and my last for a while, early rise at 6:15, breakfast at 7am then off to the dock to send them all off. I returned to the hotel for a shower and finish packing and around 9am, with nothing much more to do we went for another drink and sat at the quay waiting for my water taxi. Bridget was leaving 45 minutes later. The...

Feb 20, 2015 - Caye Caulker

Just a quick entry before the journal techies take the site down for updates. Another stormy day and disappointingly no snorkelling. Rather a boring one as we had to re-group for an update on the weather at midday. Spent some of it in the group browsing the few shops and bought my water taxi ticket for tomorrow, then returned to sort out me and my bag. With hair washed - delayed daily as we were supposed to be snorkelling - I went back to the one main street to buy some extra bits and pieces to bring home; mainly to use up the Bel $, and...