Day 5 - August 3rd 2008, 3.14pm UK time (8.14am Belize time!) - The grand arrival of a new addition to the Hogarth/ Dolphin family - Madison India! We'd decided to stay on the island another day, with Sasha going into the first stages of labour the day before it felt right to wait around in the hope that today would be the day plus neither of us felt like leaving this chilled lifestyle yet. At about 8.30am we were woken by the owners young boy banging on our door...

Day 3 - Snorkelling with sharks on Belize's Barrier Reef, the second largest in the world! The next morning after having a huge shock as we were getting ready when Chika and Travis knocked our door, such a surprise and really good to see them, after making plans to have a drink with them later we set off for breakfast before our days adventure. Meeting everyone at the trip HQ we were kitted out with fins and snorkels and then it was off to the boat. Our captain f...

The Tropical Backpackers Paradise that is the Belizean Island of Caye Caulker Heading away from Belize City the ocean started to resemble a slightly more turquoise appearance and the many remote lush green cayes we passed were beautiful. The ocean wasn't what the taxi driver had described as 'smooth' and we bumped along hitting some waves which felt like concrete slabs at times giving you a pretty sore 'ass' to say the least! Our destination was 'Caye Caulker' a ...