A beautiful day on Caye Caulker!

I was feeling a little under the weather late yesterday afternoon and rested instead of blogging.

Thursday evening was the chilliest night so far since I’ve been in Belize.  But don’t worry folks back home, I still only needed a sheet to cover myself with.  

Yesterday my day started with the usual coffee and tiding up around the room and popped over to Marie’s Laundry as I had a dress I wanted pressed and she had an iron.  This was an excellent time to get to know this woman a bit better.  Marie is a delightful woman, 56 years of age, mother of 10 children and been in business since before her youngest (now 13 years old) was born.  Marie charges by the pound and is very reasonable in price.  As I ironed my dress we began to talk mostly of her affinity toward the game of darts.  They have a league on the island and their team has won the championship for three years in a row.

I took some snapshots of a few different subject matter in the afternoon starting with Go Slow Art Gallery.  Alfred, the shop proprietor explained that artist all over Belize commission him to sell their art.  By far the most popular paintings come from native islander, Nelson Young.  I wanted to speak with the artist but wasn’t exactly sure by Alfred’s directions where he lived.  However, I walked past a home with the name, Peter Young and asked him if he was any relation and indeed he was Nelson’s uncle.  Peter told me where he lived and today I’m hopeful to get an interview and perhaps a featured story.

On my way back ran into OJ Holden and his cousin sitting peacefully in the golf cart.  His cousin Joe is visiting him from Florida.  OJ stated that Oceanside was having a live band there in the evening. 

Afterward, I went up to I & I for my ritual quite time.  Once again the upstairs was completely empty.  I did get a panoramic view on video and will attempt to post that as well.

 

I should note that it is interesting just walking around the island and I did find some statistics concerning the size.  According to an internet site Caye Caulker is 5 miles long and 1.2 miles wide with a population of 1300.  There’s 57 hotels here with 887 rooms.  Just a little trivia I wanted to share.

After resting and having some supper Mr. Chaplin took me over to Oceanside to hear the band.  They were most excellent and at one point sang a Bob Marley medley that was superb!

Well, the sun is shinning today and I’m anxious to explore more and find another story to tell!!