It's been a lazy day, and that is how they like it here. I was walking normally down the sandy street when I heard a shout "hey man stop walking so fast!". It came from one of the Rastar locals that are indeed very chilled. This is one of the charms of Caye Caulker, it's layed back Caribean vibe. It is not quite the picture perfect place, the sea grass scuppers it in that department but the people are fun and very friendly. Caye Caulker is on the northern hemis...

The China Town Hotel AKA hurricane refuge had served it's purpose, time to move back to the beach. It cost us twice the price but it was the safest place to be. Cable TV and air con was nice while we had it but the hotel was just another impersonal characterless place. I don't really like hotels, sure they are comfortable but you don't get that personal community feeling. We had a look for a place to stay up the beach towards the split. The split is literaly th...

HURRICANE day. I was woken by a rare event - Liz got up before me. In a half slumber I could hear some talking but after shouting Liz I soon realised that she was outside. She was with the Aussie girls, who after an exploration, told Liz that there was a mandatory evacuation in place. It seemed that the hurricane was still on course to hit us. I headed out straight away to get the low down. I was heading to the police station but took the opportunity of talking ...

Would you Belize it, yerr man we are in Belize. I need to stop speaking Spanish and get with the local lingo. From Flores it was another 4am rise to catch the bus to get us to the border before the queues. The early morning mist cast a beautiful viel over the surrounding wetlands. By 8am we were at the border and 10 minutes later through - by god that was easy. However the bus took 30 minutes to reappear. It was one of the nicer borders we have crossed. There w...

We got up at 4am to get the bus to the Mayan ruins at Tikal about an hour north. This is a tourist magnet so to get any chance of seeing the wildlife getting there early was the only option. At Tikal we headed straight to the Grand Plaza through the jungle that is all around here. The jungle was alive, Tucans, and loads of other birds plus the distinctive howls from the Howler monkeys. We later found out that their cries were used as the basis of the T Rex sou...