the sun is shining, the weather is fine.....
Well, well, well. Here I finally am.
We arrived yesterday in Belize city. The airport was impossibly small. It even had those outside-staircase-I-am-a-celebrity-things. Instantly I was ridiculously hot in my jeans and hoodie and booked it inside to airconditoned land. Which, coincidently turned out to be a hot-stuffy non air conditioned land. We went through customs and such and got our bags which all managed to make it safe and sound. We decided to change into much cooler clothes and went outside to the front of the airport. The drive to the City and Taxi terminal were crazy. Our taxi driver was going a million miles an hour swerving around bikes, people, and dogs. But the scenery was beautiful. The ocean is a turquoisy blue and the trees and grass are freakishly lush and green. The breeze off the ocean is sooo nice.
We arrived at the water-taxi terminal and the boat took us to Caye Caulker. The boatride was fast and fantastic. It was windy and sunny as hell and we just ripped it through the water going about 600 km an hour.
Caye Caulker is fantastic. Very laid back and sleepy. There is quite a few tourists here, but it is not too
"touristy" the hotels are colourfully painted and made out of planks of wood. There is little rum and food shacks scattered here and there. Yesterday we went to a place called "Rasta Pasta" which funnily does not serve pasta (?????). We went for the happy hour, which means all local drinks are half price. We sat under the grassy roof easting nachos and sipping on pineapple rum. It was friggen great.
We went swimming and the Ocean was gloriously warm. We swam at a part of the Island called "the split". Its called 'the split' because one year, a hurricane tore through the island splitting it in two. Very few people live on the other side. Today I think we may just lounge on the beach trying not to get burnt. Ive started reading my book "Long Way Round" and it is absolutely fantastic. Im sure I will be glued to it for the next day or two.
Anyways, Im going to go find the girls and some breakfast...
We arrived yesterday in Belize city. The airport was impossibly small. It even had those outside-staircase-I-am-a-celebrity-things. Instantly I was ridiculously hot in my jeans and hoodie and booked it inside to airconditoned land. Which, coincidently turned out to be a hot-stuffy non air conditioned land. We went through customs and such and got our bags which all managed to make it safe and sound. We decided to change into much cooler clothes and went outside to the front of the airport. The drive to the City and Taxi terminal were crazy. Our taxi driver was going a million miles an hour swerving around bikes, people, and dogs. But the scenery was beautiful. The ocean is a turquoisy blue and the trees and grass are freakishly lush and green. The breeze off the ocean is sooo nice.
We arrived at the water-taxi terminal and the boat took us to Caye Caulker. The boatride was fast and fantastic. It was windy and sunny as hell and we just ripped it through the water going about 600 km an hour.
Caye Caulker is fantastic. Very laid back and sleepy. There is quite a few tourists here, but it is not too
"touristy" the hotels are colourfully painted and made out of planks of wood. There is little rum and food shacks scattered here and there. Yesterday we went to a place called "Rasta Pasta" which funnily does not serve pasta (?????). We went for the happy hour, which means all local drinks are half price. We sat under the grassy roof easting nachos and sipping on pineapple rum. It was friggen great.
We went swimming and the Ocean was gloriously warm. We swam at a part of the Island called "the split". Its called 'the split' because one year, a hurricane tore through the island splitting it in two. Very few people live on the other side. Today I think we may just lounge on the beach trying not to get burnt. Ive started reading my book "Long Way Round" and it is absolutely fantastic. Im sure I will be glued to it for the next day or two.
Anyways, Im going to go find the girls and some breakfast...
posted by clare at 7:49 AM
2 Comments:
Estoy mui feliz escucar que ustedes estan "rockin the casbah" en La Carribbean. A ustedes envio mi amo y estoy mui excita para visitar con ustedes a la casa de Señora Beaven en Julio. Espero y sé que ustedes van a tener un vez fantastico.
And if you CAN´T speak spanish yet :) ...
I´m really glad to hear that you´re rockin the casbah in the Carribbean. I send my love from the Andes and look foreward to seeing you at Mrs.Beaven´s house in July. I hope and know that you will have a helluva time.
Take care, as always.
hey clare!
i'm so glad you have a blog! i'm so jealous that your travelling..right now all i want to do is get out of school and GO!
anyways i miss you guys...i miss how you always made me laugh...but i'm sure hearing about ur crazy adventures will make me laugh again!
have fun :)
love sarah
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