You Better Belize it...

(No I didn’t make that up, its actually the tourism slogan for the country). So we’ve spent the last few days here on Caye Caulker in Belize. It’s a tiny island in the Caribbean just off the mainland coast of Belize. After another long bus ride from Tikal we made it to Belize city (a really sketchy place if you ask me) and immediately got on the ferry to the island. The hour ride was fairly okay, although when we hit a rough wave the door to the boat almost flew off (taking the porter with it) but we all made it there in one piece.
Caye Caulker is probably one of the strangest places I’ve ever been. Its one strip of land with hotels and restaurants on one side of the street and the beach on the other. The crystal blue water is breathtaking. The culture here seems to be of odd ex-pats, hippies and Rastafarians. It’s relatively under developed here and most people walk around barefoot. They say when in Rome…Deborah and I have joked about how we’ve given up on looking decent anymore. Incidentally our budget hotel room doesn’t even have a mirror. We’ve met some interesting folks here over the last few days, from life-long caye dwellers to fellow travelers escaping the cold of the north. Unfortunately it’s been raining (like hurricane quality rain) the last few days so we’ve been spending a bit of time in our hotel room. I did get some snorkeling in the first two days which was awesome. Great fish but with the weather we weren’t able to go out to any of the reefs because the trips were cancelled. Instead Deb and I got incredible massages! I don’t know that I could spend more than three days here but I’m glad that we made the trip.
We’ll be leaving on (get this) a propeller plane- yes if nothing else indicates how far I’ve grown on this trip, I actually opted to get on a another plane. It’s a short flight directly to the international airport from here which saved us the trouble of having to go back to Belize City, stay overnight there and then take an expensive cab to the airport. It should be an adventure. For now we’re going to go enjoy a final pina colada and watch the rain from an oceanside deck. See you all very very soon.