On the bus

A fairly uneventful journey to Belize City (the boat captain's antics notwithstanding) and then a taxi to the bus station followed by a ride on a Belize bus.

The bus trip was resonably uneventful as we passed through some amazing scenery with our bus and another bus playing tag with each other (which seemed to involve some pretty serious swerving). We arrived in San Ignacio and checked into our new home. I don't think it gets 10/10 from the Trudi Tourist Board :-(.

And farewell

So, the sunset sail didn't happen, so we went to the split to watch sunset. I did alot of diving and swimming and we some some hermit crabs.

Goodbye Caye Caulker

Hello all

Just a quick update before be head off into the sunset (our last night here so we're making the most of it and going on a boat in a min.)

Last night in Caulker... so that's the holiday bit over - I'm told we're then on an adventure which as far as I can tell mean we have to stick to a budget (yuk!) and we can only drink 6 out of 7 days.
Off we go to San Ignacio on the bus tomorrow. We had to send some stuff home today as we're a bit overloaded - lucky I can't fit into most of my clothes so a few of them went back !! Oh yes and the proper diet begins tomorrow.......

We may not be able to get to internet cafe's as regularly as we like from now on - so if we don't post for a week or two - assume that we are having fun and not that anything dramatic has happened (but if it has, you have nice pictures of us to sed to the BBC now anyway :-))


TTFN xx

Mug Shots

Trudi	Paul

As I need a passport photo for my Scuba ticket, we took some nice pictures. If we make it onto the news (like joining the local guerrillas or something) these are the pictures that are to be sent to the BBC :-)

scuba and stuff

I'm not sure I'm really cut out for scuba diving. I seem to have worse problems than most with painful ears and then they stay full of water (or some other liquid) for days afterwards. The dives were O.K. but I wasn't 'blown away'. I think I'd either like a focus (something to do, other than just swimming around looking at stuff) or just to play around in the water enjoying the sensation of 3 dimensional movement. Oh well. And the jellyfish at the surface (which did look reasonably cute, for jellyfish) didn't help much either.

Dinner at Don Corleone's - which is trying to be a 'proper' restaurant - was O.K. But we were both knackered.

Tuesday morning brought more rain. We are still doing some planning. We bought cheap rain ponchos just in case we get caught out in the rain somewhere.

At the split

After our return from San Pedro, lazed about a bit and read books. Booked scuba trip to Spanish Bay for Monday. Then wandered up to the split for sunset, where we met Dennis. Evening meal was another tasty treat at Wish Willy's. This time I didn't get bitten to death.

A trip to the metropolis

We decided to have a day trip to San Pedro (on Ambergris Caye - La Isla Bonita of the Madonna song fame).

It was hot, busy and not very welcoming (all the beachfront places had signs saying 'guests only' or 'no visitors' or 'why don't you just .....' (o.k. I made the last one up).

Plus there were people pestering you to buy stuff.

We retreated back to the tranquility of Caye Caulker and took a well deserved nap.

School sports day ...

Caye Caulker style ...

Diverse tales (geddit?)

So, a quick catch up on the last few days ...

Wed

PADI dive day one, too rough for T. Who sat in the boat and got wet - twice.

Thu

PADI dive day two - P got very sunburned, but the bites are subsiding a bit. Stayed in room 6 - which was lovely.

Fri

PADI dive day three - all passed. Managed to stay up until 10pm! Stayed in room 2, right by the sea, also v. nice.

Sat

Yummy breakfast and the start of some planning. Looks like San Ignacio, then Flores, then Lago de Atitlan. A day of staying out of the sun for Paul.
Trudi made friends with a couple of iguanas.