After we made our decision about where to spend our vacation we had to decide where we were going to stay and what we wanted to do. We knew that we wanted to spend some time at the beach, go snorkeling, and relax. After reading our guide books and doing some research online we decided to spend our beach time at Caye Caulker.
Caye Caulker is charmingly run-down. You are forced to slow down here because there is not much else to do. In fact the island motto is "Go Slow". Make sure you take a book to read for those lazy afternoons. And spend some time talking to the locals.
We met an elderly gentleman name Chocolate who is a bit of a local legend. He almost singlehandedly saved the Manatees in Belize. His efforts resulted in guidelines that local guides must follow if they want to take tours to see the Manatees. He had more stories to tell than we had time. It was an interesting afternoon.
You can take snokeling/diving trips to the reef, swim at the Split, or take the water taxi to San Pedro for the day if you need a little more excitement. Because we traveled just before the start of the rainy season there were not too many tourists around and that was just fine with us.
You can walk from one end of the caye to the other end in about 20 minutes. The main modes of transportation around the caye are walking, biking, and golf carts. The main modes of transportation to and from the mainland are air and water taxi.
The island airport is small (as are the planes) but efficient. Make sure to take your dramamine for the 15 minute flight because it is a bit rough. I used the patches for the first time and I highly recommend them if you suffer from motion sickness. We were the only couple to get off the plane.
We called for a taxi (golf cart) and headed to our guest house. We stayed at Tree Tops Guesthouse and thoroughly enjoyed our stay. The rooms were clean and the bed was comfortable. The rooms stayed cool even without air conditioning...in fact we did not have air any place we stayed. The room rates were reasonable and we slept very well there.
Tomorrow: Swimming with Sharks
Friday, July 14, 2006
Caye Caulker
After we made our decision about where to spend our vacation we had to decide where we were going to stay and what we wanted to do. We knew that we wanted to spend some time at the beach, go snorkeling, and relax. After reading our guide books and doing some research online we decided to spend our beach time at Caye Caulker.
Caye Caulker is charmingly run-down. You are forced to slow down here because there is not much else to do. In fact the island motto is "Go Slow". Make sure you take a book to read for those lazy afternoons. And spend some time talking to the locals.
We met an elderly gentleman name Chocolate who is a bit of a local legend. He almost singlehandedly saved the Manatees in Belize. His efforts resulted in guidelines that local guides must follow if they want to take tours to see the Manatees. He had more stories to tell than we had time. It was an interesting afternoon.
You can take snokeling/diving trips to the reef, swim at the Split, or take the water taxi to San Pedro for the day if you need a little more excitement. Because we traveled just before the start of the rainy season there were not too many tourists around and that was just fine with us.
You can walk from one end of the caye to the other end in about 20 minutes. The main modes of transportation around the caye are walking, biking, and golf carts. The main modes of transportation to and from the mainland are air and water taxi.
The island airport is small (as are the planes) but efficient. Make sure to take your dramamine for the 15 minute flight because it is a bit rough. I used the patches for the first time and I highly recommend them if you suffer from motion sickness. We were the only couple to get off the plane.
We called for a taxi (golf cart) and headed to our guest house. We stayed at Tree Tops Guesthouse and thoroughly enjoyed our stay. The rooms were clean and the bed was comfortable. The rooms stayed cool even without air conditioning...in fact we did not have air any place we stayed. The room rates were reasonable and we slept very well there.
Tomorrow: Swimming with Sharks
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