Despite having a fan, mosquito net and bug spray I still managed to get bitten last night! We had breakfast at the lodge which was interesting - fried egg and mushy beans with a basket of waffle cake things with maple syrup! They were yummy but a strange mix for breakfast! At 9ish the guy from the lodge, Sean, drove us about 45 minutes down the road to get the boat to Lamanai. We joined on with another group who were already on the boat so there were about 12 of ...

The loud roars of thunder and lightening kept waking us up last night! The island was a little flooded in the morning and everything we had put out to dry was much wetter than it had been to start with. We debated for a while about where to go, we couldn't decide whether to head south or just go towards Mexico where we will soon need to be. Although Belize is a tiny country the buses aren't as regular as other places and don't seem to run as late in the evening w...

We had an incredible day snorkelling today despite the miserable weather! It started raining just at we got to the agency at 9.30 so we thought our day's snorkelling trip would be cancelled but one guide was still going ahead so we went with him, and we are so glad we did! It was a much smaller boat that yesterday with just 6 of us, one girl didn't want to go in though so there were just 5 of us in the water. It was a little wavier than yesterday but still quite ...

Today was another early start (need to get used to these before Sandhurst) the boat arrived promptly and we were on board and having a breakfast of sweet bread and watermelon before 7 o'clock on our way to the Blue Hole. We had a 2 and a bit hour journey which was fairly calm, however Kat got a little queasy after we went over the reef. There were about 30 of us in total, 10 snorkelers and the rest divers, plus 4 crew members. The first snorkelling location was...

Now this is more how we were expecting Belize to be! As planned we took the first boat (water taxi) from Belize City to Caye Caulker, it was easily the smoothest boat ride we've had! On arriving the water was completely still, turquoise and clear and the sky was blue unlike in the city, it looked postcard perfect. Even stepping off the boat we could see lots of fish swimming around, some really long and thin. There are no cars on the island, only golf buggies - w...