Caye Caulker

Photo: sunrise in paradise

We travelled by bus to Belize City. If ever a city needed work, this one does. The buildings are mostly old, timber structures in stilts, which is fairly standard in tropical areas, but we are sure that not much money is spent on maintenance or paint. The city itself and the people look fairly poor. We arrived at the bus depot and organised a taxi trip straight to the dock as we had to catch the ferry. Some how about 60 people were crammed into the boat and of it sped into the ocean. A rough and bumpy trip was had. Caye Caulker is an island that you dream of going to in the carribean. It did not let us down. It is low season now and is supposed to be the rainy season. S omeone did not tell the weather gods that. The sand is so white, the sea sooo blue, incredible to go from jungle one day to the beach the next. We went out sailing on a 37 foot yacht. It was quite choppy, but only one of our mob lost their breakfast. It really was one of those incredible days,where we have to pinch our selves as to where we are. I am still so scared to snorkel but they are so caring the staff i was able to stay on board and help get lunch ready.At the 3rd. dive iwent in the water by myself to gain some confidence and as I climbed down the ladder areef shark swam out to meet me .Well I couldn´t get back up that ladder quick enough. I went down again ,this with my mask on the fish were bloody huge. Nick swam with the sharks and rays . I wish i was that brave. We also saw huge turtles from the boat. After the last stop one of the crew started to make a brew in one of those large bottled water, the blue ones they deliver your water to the businesses . Three bottles of rum later we had a punch with a punch ...it was party time . Earlier on they had caught a couple of lobsters . He prepared the most delicious lobster salad that we all inhaled as the sun was going down. Get the picture! That night we had lobster tails bbqed on the beach creole style . That place was so beautiful very sad to leave.

photo: Proof of the rum punch

This is the first sign seen as we strolled down the jetty