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