Honduras to Belize...
The elusive water taxi!!
Our Cabaña at Ruthies.
Our own private island.
Snorkling off our porch at Tobacco caye.Well after a few hectic days of travel through Honduras, spending a night at San Pedro Sula, which has little to report back apart from the football fanatical taxi driver who bought us some nuts and gave us a mini tour, and then a second night at a place called Puerto Cortes, which is the main port in the whole of central america, again not much going on there! Our reason for visiting was to catch an elusive taxiboat to Belize. The boat was rumoured to leave once or twice a week, and basically if we missed it, we would have ended up with an extra few days of chicken buses!! No thanks!! Luckily, after a night in a semi seedy US style motel room, we managed to find the boat which took us to Dangriga in Belize, not our original choice but our only option!!.... Just before reaching Dangriga we were stopped by the Belize coast guard, and behold....THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, yeap, they speak English in Belize!!!!!!
Dangriga is the home town to the indigenous people of Belize, the Garifuna. We stayed with Ruthie and her husband, both pure Garifuna descendants, in one of her cabañas on the beach, and had home cooked breakfast and dinner!! Magic!!
After 2 nights there we took a 5 mile boat ride out to Tobacco caye. A sand island on the barrier reef!! It was so nice here we stayed 5 instead of 2 nights. We went there just at the right time as the holiday season starts in about 2 weeks, so it was like having our own private island!! We spent our days reading, sunbathing, and as the island is on the reef you can snorkle with eagle rays, spanish rays and yellow rays right off the beach plus beautiful coral and masses of reef fish!! The boat ride back was fun.........3 meter swells in a small flat bottom fiberglass boat with an outboard motor!! Wet, wild and never again!!
After the caye we headed towards the Guatemalan border. We spent our last night in Belize in San Ignacio, a little town near the border, staying in a guest house run by the Central American version of Mr Miyagi (remember him, the teacher from Karate kid!). The next morning we visisted Cahal Pech, the oldest known mayan ruins and our first taste, they didn´t disappoint. A little more magical than Inca ruins due to the fact they are hidden in the jungle, but not as complex and majestic. After this we headed for Guatemala...........................
Hope all is well.
Dangriga is the home town to the indigenous people of Belize, the Garifuna. We stayed with Ruthie and her husband, both pure Garifuna descendants, in one of her cabañas on the beach, and had home cooked breakfast and dinner!! Magic!!
After 2 nights there we took a 5 mile boat ride out to Tobacco caye. A sand island on the barrier reef!! It was so nice here we stayed 5 instead of 2 nights. We went there just at the right time as the holiday season starts in about 2 weeks, so it was like having our own private island!! We spent our days reading, sunbathing, and as the island is on the reef you can snorkle with eagle rays, spanish rays and yellow rays right off the beach plus beautiful coral and masses of reef fish!! The boat ride back was fun.........3 meter swells in a small flat bottom fiberglass boat with an outboard motor!! Wet, wild and never again!!
After the caye we headed towards the Guatemalan border. We spent our last night in Belize in San Ignacio, a little town near the border, staying in a guest house run by the Central American version of Mr Miyagi (remember him, the teacher from Karate kid!). The next morning we visisted Cahal Pech, the oldest known mayan ruins and our first taste, they didn´t disappoint. A little more magical than Inca ruins due to the fact they are hidden in the jungle, but not as complex and majestic. After this we headed for Guatemala...........................
Hope all is well.
xxx
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