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| Snorkel area outside the lazy lizard |
So it turns out there isn't another blue hole dive scheduled anywhere on the island until Friday, and we had planned to leave on Friday morning. Rather than have to stay an extra night we are probably just going to leave and forgot it. Which kinda sucks but at the same time I don't really want to spend an extra day here. Guess I am already starting with reasons to come back to Central America again. Craig and I both thought there'd be dives out to the Blue Hole everyday, it's one of the main reasons people come to Caye Caulker. We are considering doing some other tour tomorrow, like snorkeling, manatee watching or stand up paddle boarding.
We had fun today. Went snorkeling and canoeing. Saw some fish and starfish, and the water itself is a pretty sight to see. I picked up a starfish bigger than my head to take pictures of and a ton of water drained out of it while I was holding it. It was rather strange. As a result of the drainage, the starfish floated on the surface when I tried to put it back. Spent awhile trying to get it to refill with water and sink, finally I swam to the bottom and buried it in the sand. Craig got annoyed by my desire to stop the canoe and dive in and capture every starfish we passed. :)
We've got a 50 mile bike day coming up on Friday. We're riding from Belize City to Belmopan. Don't know if my butt or hands will have recovered by then. They are both still quite sore.
Are there good blue hole dives in Honduras? Do you have to take a ferry to get there? It looks like the road ends in Belize at Punta Gorda?
ReplyDeleteI don't think we'll be able to do a blue hole dive from Honduras, but it is on the same barrier reef and by the time we get there, it will be whale shark season!
DeleteWe are not visiting southern Belize, we're cutting across via Belmopan and San Ignacio and crossing the border into Guatemala. Our first stop in Guatemala will be Tikal. I have been there but Craig hasn't.
Isn't that all unpaved road, all the way down to Guatemala's Highway 9 near Puerto Barrios? That's like 200 miles, isn't it?
ReplyDeleteWe've so far only encountered small patches of unpaved road. There will definely be more to come though. There may be some part where we take a bus if roads are too steep or bumpy. I imagine for steepness, Guatemala is going to be the worst.
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