Saturday
We have packed up and left Pedro’s!!! It was sad to go but we are off to start another adventure. We took the water taxi from San Pedro to Belize City. The ride was beautiful. It took almost two hours. The water taxi was very crowded because everyone was leaving to start their Easter Break. Many go inland to visit family. I moved to the back to get fresh air and was invited to ride on top of the boat. Now that is the way to travel on the water taxi! Some of our student’s from San Pedro High School were on the taxi so I had a chance to chat with one of them outside of school. We ended up talking about music. All the kids here like the music that is popular with the kids back home like Akon and Chris Brown. He was disappointed that I did not have any of it on my Ipod so he asked if I had Guns and Roses. Again, disappointment! I hate G and R. So we compromised and listened to Bob Marley. Haha!
When we reached Belize City we caught a taxi to “Old Belize”. We were encouraged to go here by some of the teachers from San Pedro. I am under the impression that this is sort of a museum/theme park for tourists. There was a tour you could take where you walked through a building with themed rooms, each showing some part of Belize’s history. It started with the Mayans and ended with the British Colonization. It was a nice history lesson.
We were picked up from here and taken to our next stop, Cave’s Branch. This place has to be heaven on earth. This is an eco-lodge/resort where guests can participate in “excursions” out into the jungle like cave tubing, hiking, and spelunking. The funny thing is that Cave’s Branch claims not to be any of these things, probably for liability purposes. They made us all sign a long waiver in case of death. We stayed in these huts with no electricity and only kerosene lamps for light at night. The showers were located outside!!!
We got there late in the day so no big plans. We did go out to see the Blue Hole. It is located in Blue Hole National Park. This is not to be confused with the Blue Hole out in the Caribbean that is famous for diving. This Blue Hole is a sink hole in the middle of the forest. The water is the most azure blue due to the depth of the water. It is also freezing cold! Jumping into that was like jumping into arctic water. It was incredible. Later that night we signed up for the next day’s excursion. I decided to do…..
We have packed up and left Pedro’s!!! It was sad to go but we are off to start another adventure. We took the water taxi from San Pedro to Belize City. The ride was beautiful. It took almost two hours. The water taxi was very crowded because everyone was leaving to start their Easter Break. Many go inland to visit family. I moved to the back to get fresh air and was invited to ride on top of the boat. Now that is the way to travel on the water taxi! Some of our student’s from San Pedro High School were on the taxi so I had a chance to chat with one of them outside of school. We ended up talking about music. All the kids here like the music that is popular with the kids back home like Akon and Chris Brown. He was disappointed that I did not have any of it on my Ipod so he asked if I had Guns and Roses. Again, disappointment! I hate G and R. So we compromised and listened to Bob Marley. Haha!
When we reached Belize City we caught a taxi to “Old Belize”. We were encouraged to go here by some of the teachers from San Pedro. I am under the impression that this is sort of a museum/theme park for tourists. There was a tour you could take where you walked through a building with themed rooms, each showing some part of Belize’s history. It started with the Mayans and ended with the British Colonization. It was a nice history lesson.
We were picked up from here and taken to our next stop, Cave’s Branch. This place has to be heaven on earth. This is an eco-lodge/resort where guests can participate in “excursions” out into the jungle like cave tubing, hiking, and spelunking. The funny thing is that Cave’s Branch claims not to be any of these things, probably for liability purposes. They made us all sign a long waiver in case of death. We stayed in these huts with no electricity and only kerosene lamps for light at night. The showers were located outside!!!
We got there late in the day so no big plans. We did go out to see the Blue Hole. It is located in Blue Hole National Park. This is not to be confused with the Blue Hole out in the Caribbean that is famous for diving. This Blue Hole is a sink hole in the middle of the forest. The water is the most azure blue due to the depth of the water. It is also freezing cold! Jumping into that was like jumping into arctic water. It was incredible. Later that night we signed up for the next day’s excursion. I decided to do…..
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