The last day of our stay at CC is coming to an end. I will write the summary of our stay first outlining the practicalities that potential visitors might find useful, followed by our favourite memories of the place: - getting to CC is cheaper if flying to Cancun (Mexico) and then taking the overnight bus to Belize City. The port is a short taxi ride away, where the company San Pedro Belize Water Taxi offers frequent 45-mins trips to the island. The other option ...

I finally went snorkelling today. Semir decided not to go, so I found myself on the boat with 6 Canadians and two fantastic tour guides. We went for a half-day trip and visited three different sites. There were lots of colourful fish, beautiful coral reef and other sea inhabitants such as lobsters, jellyfish etc. The guides pointed out each spieces, but I can't possibly identify any of them on the photos. The second site was a 'stingray village' where we swam wit...

We've been here for almost 4 days now and we're getting to know the good, the bad and the ugly :) I'm under the impression of the 'ugly' at the moment, after a man selling fruit salads tried to short-change me for the whole of 40 Belizean dollars! He's either reckless or I don't seem very much on the ball today. I regret now for not taking my money back and walking away, but I really needed that fruit! Luckily, it seems that most other people are genuine, frien...

Ahhh, what a wonderful feeling being here. We arrived this morning after a reasonably comfortable journey, with some minor unexpected twists. At first, we expected to pay the Mexico exit tax (the info about this is nowhere to be found on their official websites!). We were given leaflets at the border explaining that we will need to pay this tax, but it all came down to spending one minute with the officials and leaving with the stamp in our passports (no one aske...