I woke to a cloudless sky making it worth staying a bit longer. Plaencia is even more chilled than Caye Caulker. After a swim and a long walk on the beach there was little to do but sit on the hamock watching hummingbirds and coco nuts drop - but it is so nice.

The wind was the excuse for not visiting South Water Caye on the way to Plaencia. This was a shame as it was the place that I wanted to see the most. The wind did drop enough to get one of the sails out but not powerful enough to stop the motor. The sail was ancient and patched up so many times it looked like a quilt. They also used the excuse that the wind was coming from the wrong direction - obviously didn't want to do what other boats have been doing for ce...

After the mornings nuptials of discussing how we slept through the strong winds we were told that it was now too strong to sail in. We motored towards Tobacco Caye with a snorkelling lunch spot slotted in. Tobacco Caye was a lot bigger but still somewhere you could walk across in a few minutes. This made it big enough to have places to stay so after being given a very simple hut on stilts we had a look round. This is serious read book in a hamock place. In fa...

The day of the sailing/snorkelling trip down through the islands. The usual fun and games: Liz was not feeling that good after last night and I discovered I had lost my credit card. Luckily I got it back pretty much straight away. The ATM here gives your card back last and only if you say you want it back. Basically the ATM kept the card from the last time I used it. We set off on the Ragamuffin sailing trip with two couples from Holland, a couple from Canada, a...

The trip was delayed a day due to the weather further south. However we couldn't stand another day next to the Americans - noisey b*****s. We decided to move back to Mara's and wait for the boat. Waiting took the form of a long swim and a long time in the hamock - it's nice to be back here. We had our pre departure meeting to the screams of a girl that had fallen out of a tree and dislocated her knee. We hurried back to avoid enduring the big screams when they d...