On the Island of Caye Caulker

I had trouble uploading this clip to my blogsite however, please follow this link to see Omar cleaning his catch.  This took place in Placencia.

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Sunday, January 16, 2011

Well we left Placencia early Saturday morning heading to Caye Caulker via bus and water taxi.  The road is now paved from Placencia.  But even though this portion is an improvement it does take time by bus.  From Belize City, the water taxi is about a 45 minute boat ride.  I think it was around 3pm we got off the dock.

The island was hopping to say the least.  People were all over the place.  It was not the Caye Caulker I remembered. 

It took Linda and me a bit of time to find a room and we managed to find one at the Rainbow Hotel.  They are not anything like we were staying at in Placencia and at this point paid through Sunday.

After we found a room went down to the split for a beer and check things out.  It was very crowded and the music was loud.  There was lot of bodies planted along the ocean edges.  We moseyed back and had a fine meal at a vender along the beach side. 

It was an early evening as the traveling took the best out of me.  But I will definately get some posting done on Monday.

Monday, January 17, 2011

Yesterday was spent in multiple activities.

Linda and I decided to rent some bikes for the day as we could cover the island much faster.  As you can well imagine I made the most of that rental and made several passes back and forth.  The bikes are not speed bikes either.

The island has changed, which I knew it would and as with any tourist spot the weekends fill up fast. 

I'm sitting at Oceanside Night club.  The proprietor of the shop is a gentleman by the name of O.J. Holden.  He's a really nice guy and has been here about 20 years, originated from Ohio and very gracious in letting me work here before the place has opened.

The view from here is spectacular!  Unfortunately, I'm having trouble uploading my video but will continue to work on that problem.  But for now I will say all is good and plan on enjoying some of this beautiful weather.  I know Linda wants to try some snorkeling today.  And so, that kinda wraps things up for now.

Tomorrow we're moving to different digs as it is half the price so I may not get online to quickly but you never know?

Peace out for now!