We are going snorkeling today. We need to check in at Raggamuffin Tours by 9:30. On our walk down Front Street (what I've been referring to as 'the main drag or main street') I step in one of the many pot holes and 'roll' my ankle. Fortunately I don't actually fall to the ground. I had stopped to look at a jewelery table, so Lincoln is about 15 feet ahead of me. I yell for him to stop.
A major rush of nausea envelopes me, so much that I think I may now fall over. My entire body tingles. YUCK! He runs back to me and helps me hobble to a shady place with a make shift seat up against a tree. I want to cry but I don't because there are some locals watching me. I suck it up. Eventually the nausea passes and I decide to walk the final 100' or so to the tour shack. By the time we get there they are sold out. There are a lot more people on the Caye today, not sure where they all came from! We are bummed because Raggamuffin uses sailboats.
We walk back a few places to E-Z Boy tours, owned by the cousin of Brian from Belize Diving Services and they can accommodate us so we sign up. My ankle is killing me but I figure soaking it in the Caribbean Sea may help - I'm sure it won't hurt! While we wait for the tour to go, we go across to a convenience store and buy some Advil for me to take. Then we got to the Waffle place across the street which is owned by Brian's Mom and run by his Aunt (its all in the family!).
They have 15 people to go out on the boat...more than we'd like. They take 2 guides so that they have no more than 8:1. First we go to The Hol Chan Marine Reserve. Its about a 20 minute boat ride towards San Pedro. The 'dive' area is gorgeous. We see lots of beautiful fish.
The second area is also in the Hol Chan Reserve. There were lots of beautiful fish here too.
The third area is called North Channel and is not in the protected reserve. It is much closer to Caye Caulker. When we get here Ian says the other tour group is 'chasing' a Manatee. He suggests we sit on the boat for a few minutes so the Manatee can calm down. He gives us strict instructions that when the Manatee swims by us, that we should all stop and just float in the water and watch as the giant animal swims by. That no one is to swim down towards him nor swim after him. We leave the boat as a group and start swimming. Within a very short time the our first experience happens. WOW, what an amazing site. Video will be posted at some point.
It was a great day in the water!
After showering & relaxing we headed out for dinner. There is a place called The Sand Box. On Front Street there is a guy who talks up the people and tries to get them to eat at The Sand Box. By now we have walked by him for what feels like a hundred times. He calls us "Mommy & Daddy", we finally give in and eat there. Not my favorite so far but we sit on picnic bench on the sand and the view is good and our server, a very young man is very nice. And now, Benedict will not try to hustle us anymore.
Our view during dinner
Its still early so we head down to say hi to Tommy (the host) at the Barrier Reef Sports Bar & Grill. Its a fun place to hang out. They have different activities throughout the week. We went to the Guitar Jam on Friday and Linc went to Trivia night on Sunday with John, Barry & Lindsay. Trivia is again on Wednesday so we are planning to go then so I can check it out. We watch the sunset and have a drink before heading back to our room. It was a great day of course --- we are on vacation!
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