Next stop..... Belize. And what an absolute joy to speak English once again! Headed first off to San Ignacio where we waited out the tail end of the hurricane. Boy did it bucket it down! Unfortunately the entire country was out of electricity and water for 24 hours (would have been useful to know that before heading into the country - doh!!). Still we had a very pleasant time watching the rain gush down from our balcony.
Once the hurricane had well and truly passed we jumped on a bus to Belize City. Saw the full extent of the hurricane as we passed pretty much along its path. Lots of big trees down, most telegraph poles down and lots of roofs ripped off. Still, the Belizeans were quick of the mark to start fixing everything.
Off to Caye Caulker next, choppy boat ride, but wow what a beautiful island. Quite a bit of damage here but the reefs luckily weren´t too badly hit and we had an awesome snorkelling trip around the second biggest reef in the world. One boat stop we made and the sea was jam packed with southern stingrays and nurse sharks. The fate of Steve Urwin ringing in our ears, we kept our distance, but clearly the guide hadn´t heard of this and spent his time in the water wrestling them!! We are also pretty sure its just not right to grab hold of sharks fins while they thrash about in the water trying to get away.... still was an interesting sight none the less! The fish were incredible too, and too quick to be caught by our mad guide! The most dangerous thing on the island were the night time giant crabs which came out with a vengence at sun down! Our walk from our beach side hut to the seafood restaurants further up the island was always a comical affair of focussing hard with a torch and jumping out of the way pronto!
Had a really great time all in all in Belize, not doing much but chilling on beaches and chatting to the locals, what a lovely bunch (and what an awesome accent!!)
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