So the rest of the trip: Day 1: Caye caulker - Goffs Caye See previous note / blog Day 2: Goffs caye - Tabacco Caye Day 3: Tabacco Caye - Lagoon Caye - Placencia Lagoon Caye Took a wee boat out, seen my first coral reef, seen a fish with blue (ye ok what looked like blue) LED lights in its head, found a lobster, Roel practiced his free diving. Placencia Had a fu hair wash shower off the back of the boat. Went ashore, got served an uber strong couple of ru...

Would like to add that when I first started noting these stories I wasnt the biggest believer but after a week with him I'm a believer - were were shown photos of big fish and a boat. He was a well travelled man who genuinely took good care of us all. I would recommend his trip in a flash. ############################### The movie "the perfect storm" was based on his boat. He said the captain went crazy during the storm, his two brothers were on board who locke...

Today captain Guy Smith took 6 backpackers out to sea, a yo ho ho and a diddly dee, and I seen a starfish, a conch, a sting ray, a wild sea cow (actually it was a black lump I'm told was a sea cow) and then a dolphin swam alongside the boat. Then I swam to a tropical island, did a backwards and forwards sumersault off the pier.

Tulum was very touristy and I look forward to losing sight of gift shops. It has a lovely beach and filipe and I seen what we think was a blow fish (he thought it was a fast moving poop first of all!) it had spikes and would inflate a little when he brushed it with sea weed. On this beach Kim and I had cilantro (sp?) which is one of the best meals I've had yet on my travels. It was uncooked shrimps with lemon/lime juice on raw onion and tomato and guacamole on t...

WHY WE NEED TO TRAVEL, by a friend of Lisa Young. We need to travel, of we do not offer ourselves to the unknown our senses dull, our world becomes small and we lose our sense of wonder. Our eyes do not lift to the horizon, our ears do not hear the sounds around us. Our experience is restricted as we pass our days in a routine that is both comfortable and limiting. We then wake up one day and we find we have lost our dreams in order to protect our days. Do not...