Wednesday, November 18, 2009

LAST DAY OF OUR BELIZEAN VACATION


Our Bags are packed and we do not want to leave.





Us infront of our place here at the Belizean Shores Resort






Dan and Lisette...dressed for travel.....or are they dressed for the beach and town....





Close your eyes......what has she got on her mind.....A surprise stop at the airport on Caye Caulker......Its smaller than it looks
The Airport Terminal in Caye Caulker




Oh and look here....we travel at different times, with different Airlines and we meet up in the Belize City International Airport. From here we head to Houston and Dan goes to San Salvador, then onto Houston. By the time Dan hit Houston we were in the air again heading for Seattle.
The end of another great trip

A DAY OUT ON A CATAMARAN


Today, Saturday the 14th of Nov. we decided to have fun by sailing some and snorkling. It was great fun to be out. We had just a small group of people, 7 of us on the catamaran. We have seen others with at least 20 people on board.


Pink Shoes Billy....One of the Belizean Shores Staff. Took us to our Catamaran......How did he get the name Pink Shoes????

We snorkled in Ho Chan Marine Reserve.


There we saw groups of fish all together bundled up like a big ball. Live lobsters crwaling around and one Baracuda. The water was crystal clear. You could see at least 40' down.




Stop number 2 was an Island called Caye Caulker. This Island is maye 10 niles from San Pedro. A very small and laid back place. The Island was split in 2 in 1961 by a hurricane. There is a gap of about 100' between north and south island. There were a few places to stay, a couple of restaurants, stores in which to buy your touristy things and then the local bar hang outs. We saw one bar that gave the perfect example of the Island life


Mandingo is his name and making people feel welcome is his game. If you ask him foe money.....Check out his ears. He keeps a coin dollar in each ear as he has no pockets.



See the boy....Hes doing a flip into the water. Several of the local kids were running to the end of the dack, jumping and then flipping.The warm Carribean Sea....The temperature was in the high 80's (that is of the water)

The last stop before hading home was shark/Ray alley. This is a spot way out from shore where the fisherman would always come to clean their fish. This would in turn attract the rays and sharks. Now when boats come into the area the sharks and rays immediately come to see what there is for food.
It was here that Dan (Lisettes brother) and I swam with these critters. What an experience. The sharks were varied in size from 3' to about 12' long.
The Rays were absolutely huge. Sorry no pictures from the under world.


Living the Life....Here a young couple have pitched their tent on the Beach just a few feet from the waters edge.


We had a great day

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Golf anyone?


I actually thought about golf in San Pedro as there was not a golf course on the island. To my surprise I saw a golf course that covered an island next to Caye Caulker! I want to go to google earth and check it out...it looked like the whole island was a golf course\resort!

Monday, November 16, 2009

Divided highway...










We think that the resort had to put in a divided highway at the back, which is the road side, when the resort was put in. It's divided highway at the resort and then goes back to single road on either side...I heard two vehicles go by...never saw one in the two weeks we were there.



And along with the divided highway was the regulation for Visitor Parking...check out the big lot with sign and all...

Toyke the blogger


I caught him in a blogging moment...

Sunday, November 15, 2009

The Holiday Hotel








This was out pit stop whenever needed and the place we stopped for a drink and to wait for the boat/taxi. We could watch for the boat and watch people on the beach at the same time.



ATM


In order to get to the ATM machine you have to swipe your card to get into the secure little room that the machine is in. I thought it was a good idea as there were a bunch of men sitting outside in a planter...as it turned out someone left their card in the machine and the men whistled to us to let us know...thanks guys....