We packed up and left Bogotá at 8.30am after going to our favourite bakery for breakfast to use up the last of our pesos. The first leg of our flight was to El Salvador, we only had 40 minutes to change flights to Belize City but we got straight off one and on the other so it was stress free! We flew with Avianca again and they didn't disappoint, we had food on both flights, TVs, loads of legroom - definitely one of our favourite airlines. Arriving in Belize City it was 93% humidity and fairly cloudy. To Nathan's delight English is the first language so everything is written in English and people speak to you in English. In the immigration queue we met two women from the Basque Country who were also going to the centre of Belize City so we shared a taxi with them. Our initial impression of the city wasn't great as the taxi driver was a little rude and wouldn't take us to two different hostels which were down the road from one another! In the end he did, he dropped the Spaniards at the Three Sisters Hostel and us at Seabreeze guesthouse. We hadn't booked anything, but when we got there it was deserted - no one on reception and not another soul in sight! It also smelt funny and they had a pool which was a nasty dark green colour. We quickly decided this wasn't somewhere we wanted to stay so walked back down the road to the Three Sisters Hostel, where we were greeted by the owner who was very friendly and welcoming. Other than us and the Spaniards I don't think there is anyone else here though, they only seem to have 3 rooms!
The four of us went for a walk around the very small 'city' - going from Bogotá to here could not be more of a contrast! It felt like walking around a ghost town, there were very few people around and we only passed 4 other foreigners in over an hour. We walked along the seafront, it wasn't anything special especially with the clouds overhead. We figured that most people probably go straight to Caye Caulker, the island nearby, rather than staying here! The locals were friendly enough, welcoming us to Belize and asking if we needed anything. Everything was closed (at about 5pm) which made it seem even stranger, it felt like a small island on a bank holiday. We had a cold beer at one of the few bars that was open before heading back to the hostel. The owner Isabel recommended us a restaurant just down the road for dinner, we've been told it's best not to walk around here at night so we wanted to eat locally. It turned out to be really good, I had chicken fajitas which were like thick pancakes, really yummy! It also came with rice, beans, salad, chicken and sour cream. Nathan definitely had food envy, his chicken curry didn't look quite as good. We have arranged to meet the Spaniards there for breakfast in the morning before getting the first boat to Caye Caulker.