Journey's End

Our journey to Belize has ended. We had a great time and the weather did clear up the last few days. The big rain we had on Wednesday was a tropical depression with 8 inches of rain in one day. It was still quite hot and muggy throughout the week. We are going home with some mosquito bites. They were really bad after the big rain.

The day after the rain was beautiful. We are on the dock waiting for the snorkeling boat to pick us up for the afternoon. This is looking back to the newest addition of the time share. It is not quite completed but includes a very large pool--one of three pools at Captain Morgan's.

The water is beautiful at Amberguis Caye. Our snorkel trip took us to two snorkeling spots--one called Mexico Rocks and the other near the reef. The water was warm and the coral and fish are plentiful.

The catamaran off for a sunset cruise. We later found out that this was a cruise for all the owners of timeshares. Somehow we didn't get word we were suppose to go--oh, well, it was just more eating and drinking and I probably would have been seasick!

This is one of two boats bringing us to the tiny

airport in San Pedro. As you can see in the front part of the boat is everyone's luggage. We were sitting in the back with 3 other people. Loaded to the brim! This is how you travel from the time share to the town of San Pedro.

The other boat with all the other people returning home the same day. They do pack you in! We took a very short walk to San Pedro's airport to board an "8" passenger plane to fly to Belize City. This was smaller than the "12" passenger plane when we arrived. Thank goodness, it is only a 20 minute ride.

We're off to Belize City to finally fly home on a real airplane. See you at home.

Ambergris Caye, Captain Morgan's Resort

Here we are inside our Palapa watching the rain. This is the third day of rain and today and it is really raining. The two previous days we were able to walk on the beach north of us and south of us without getting too wet checking out all the new developments and some of the restaurants. However, today is not a good day to go outside for a walk. It's pouring! It is a good day to catch up with the blog.

The next several pictures are for the benefit of our friends, Dana and Cathie, who are traveling in Europe. They have shared many pictures on their blog of their dining experiences and we wish to do the same.

This is Gary about to enjoy a Belizean lunch made by our tour guide's wife. Chicken, rice and beans, and cole slaw. It was delicious.

Gary, once again, enjoying a Rum Punch on the balcony. It seems appropriate since we are staying at Captain Morgan's.

Last night was Belizean Culture Night which included a large buffet with local artists displaying their wares around the pool. We didn't start with dessert but this is the picture of key lime pie and coconut cake. The main meal included chicken, beef and pork chops with rice, chips and salsa made with pineapple and beans, in addition to plantains.

I'm not sure whose plate this is, but it looks like he went overboard at the buffet!

Gary, in his Cayman Island shirt, enjoying his Belizean dinner.

The open dining room at the resort is very nice. It overlooks the pool and the beach. We have had several dinners here and they have been wonderful. We had snapper and chicken this night.

Everyone needs to experience a "Philly Cheesecake"

sandwich while in Bellize??

Can you guess what this is? Our guide stopped

along side the road to pick this off a tree.

It was a Cashew Tree! The yellow is the fruit that

can be eaten and the nut at the end is the cashew.

No wonder cashews are so expensive. One nut at

a time has to be processed. That's the real cashew

on the right.

Belize, May 2010

After arriving in Belize City, we hopped on this very small prop airplane to fly into San Pedro.

It was a short flight with beautiful views of the Caribbean and the second longest barrier reef.

Gary soon needed to take off long sleeve shirt and long pants to adapt to the hot, humid weather.

We stayed in San Pedro for three days before going to our time share. This was the place our "bug man" back home recommended to us. In fact, we met his wife who was visiting San Pedro the same time we were. It seemed like many of the locals hang out in this area. The next day, we rented a golf cart (the preferred way to travel around the town) to see how the town had changed and to plan our next meals. We drove from one end to the other, stopping at the Palapa Bar and Grill for some refreshments.

We were feeling quite adventurous while driving our golf cart, so we signed up for some Cave Tubing and a tour of some Mayan ruins. We set the alarm very early and took an hour boat ride back to Belize City. We met our personal tour guide and began our adventure. Our guide was a native to the area and had a wealth of information. We walked through the rainforest to get to the area for the float. We saw massive stalactites & stalagmites, bats and a waterfall inside the cave.

After our tubing, we changed clothes and headed to the Cave Tubing Lunch site along side the rode. We had a delicious Belizean lunch ( made by the sister and wife of our tour guide)--then headed down the road to see this Mayan ruin called Xunantunich which means Stone Woman.

There are 132 steps to the top. I'll let you think we climbed them in the heat of the day. We were actually only 10 minutes from Guatemala. After a 12 hour day, we were ready to take a cold shower and then off to the local dinner place.

Saturday morning, we packed our bags and waited for the water taxi to take us to our time share at Captain Morgan on the Amberquis Caye. This is about a 20 minute ride in a small boat loaded with about 10 people and all the luggage. We are a little more isolated here, but golf carts and water taxis are available if you want to go back to San Pedro. There are several restaurants nearby and Captain Morgan has a nice dining experience. It's Belizean night, Tuesday so we will be joining the fun then.

We're hoping to relax a day or two and then perhaps take in a snorkeling trip. Most of the really nice water is further out. As you can see in this picture, it's pretty grassy right on the shoreline. We have two pools and a lovely balcony to enjoy. We plan to do some reading and relaxing.