The third port was Belize city. After some pre trip research I was quite aware that the city was not somewhere that we would want to stay for long. There was generally a poor feel and nothing that really seemed worth looking at. Our group trusted my idea to take a cheap water taxi to an island called Caye Caulker. It was a 45 min boat ride and I was a little nervous that it would be all that it was cracked up to be. Thankfully we all loved the island!
It was one of those places that makes you feel like you’re in some kind of movie in a different time. It was the perfect honeymoon spot! There were no cars, just golf carts and bikes for transportation. Little shops, beauty parlors, Laundromats, hotels and market stalls lined the dusty sand roads. We didn’t see any other Carnival towels (the tourist indicator). It was definitely a place where a different slower pace of life existed.
At one point David disappeared (we found him in the convenience store excited to have found cheap pop to buy). Jon went running down the sandy roads to look for him when he was stopped by a local and told to take his time and not run, it’s not what they do on the island.
After walking around the main part of the island, Regan rented a bike and drove around the island, Jon went wind surfing and the rest of us relaxed, went in the water and checked out the scenery. What a perfect place! We would love to go back there someday. Accommodations are really cheap and if you can get a cheap flight, you’re got yourself a really affordable vacation in a really out of the ordinary place (definitely not a Mexican all inclusive).
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