After 6 weeks in Mexico I was ready for a change and a new beginning. Charissa Scott, a Welsh woman who was at the Marine conservation camp, and I decided to head there together to do some more diving and check out the local scene.
We decided to cross the border via water taxi from Chetemal. Immediately we discovered Belize was a VERY friendly place. The language is English which made it instantly easier for us to mingle with the locals.
Our first stop, after a very easy immigration and customs process was San Pedro. We only had an hour here but that was enough time to walk around the streets and realise that we wanted to come back here. We caught the boat for the second leg of our trip to Caye Caulker.
We found some lovely beach cabanas and decided to stay for three nights. This little gorgeous island is a tourist mecca. There are no cars on the island and most people get around on push bikes or ride in golf carts. The logo for Caye Caulker has a tagline “Go Slow”, and we soon understood what that meant, when we sat down for our first meal. The service is very casual, often taking a half hour before you get any attention for ordering your meal. Then about an hour before you eat.
The main attraction to the island (Caye) is the water activities. You are spoiled for choice for diving, snorkeling, para sailing etc. We decide to go on a dive out to the outer reef with Belize Diving Services. From 4 operators we spoke to, they seemed the best equipped and professional.
On route to the dive site we did have a number of dolphins riding our the bow of the boat. The diving itself was nice, but there was very little that I hadn’t seen before. There was quite a number of Southern Stingrays though, and the fish seemed very relaxed around divers. We had some very friendly barracudas and a HUGE Green Moray Eel, about two meters long with a head the size of a basketball.
Watch the dolphins riding the bow of our diving boat here…
Dolphins Belize
See more pictures of Caye Caulker here...
Bridgette's Photostream - San Pedro
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