I woke up around 7am, finally at 8am Lincoln suggested we get up and figure out what we were gonna do. We had NO PLANS today at all which was nice. We decided we'd take the Water Taxi to San Pedro on Ambergris Caye, a neighboring island which is larger and has much more on it.
I had planned to do 'research' before we went over - that never happened. I love to plan...I'm beginning to learn to "Go Slow" and "Let Go". Its a concept and will add years to my life if I can embrace it!
I fired up the laptop to see what the water taxi schedule was. Later I found out the Internet was incorrect. What I saw was that there was a taxi at 8:45am or 11:15 (there was also one at 9:30 that wasn't listed which we would have relaxed and taken had we known about it). We wanted to make the 8:45 one because 11:15 was just too late.
Its now 8:15 so we quickly shower, dress and leave. We walk up the beach to the water taxi and arrive just as its pulling up. Great - except we don't have a ticket yet. Lincoln has to go over to the office on the street to get the BZE$22 RT PP tickets. Fortunately we make it on the boat. This is one of the smaller ones (though newer & sleeker) that you have to sit inside. Its hot, so I'm bummed. Luckily its only about a 20-30 minute ride. The good news is I still have not had any sea sickness here. YAY!
We arrive at San Pedro and disembark. We walk up the half block to the main drag and are assaulted with 6 Golf Carts in a row FLYING down the very crowded (carts parked on the sides) streets. It was mayhem compared to Caye Caulker. I looked at Lincoln and said "get me the hell back on that boat". Seriously, it was like going from Kansas to NYC. Its also hotter than on CC, which I didn't think could be possible.
We walk a few blocks and find a store that is air conditioned. We go inside but its not local stuff, its clothing we could buy at home. That's fine, I linger to get cool. We walk to the other side of the island (at this part you can do that). Lincoln asks someone for a restaurant suggestion and then we walk back to the beach to find Lily's.
Lily's Restaurant
Once we get back on the beach side, its not so bad, though it is much more crowded than CC. Both people and business wise. We order breakfast, which is good but its also basically American prices (resort prices). I decide to try a Cinnamon Roll that seems to be on most menu's. Its warm and yummy. The fruit plate, though I order the small, its very large. We each have watermelon juice. Lincoln gets an Omelet. Bill is BZE$40.50. I think the most we've paid for breakfast yet.
Cinnamon Roll & Fruit Plate
View from our Table
After we eat we start walking up the beach. We stop at one of the jewelery tables and I start picking out necklaces. We found 6 that we liked. I also bought 3 anklets. I can't wait to get back to CC, we got good buys here, I'm thinking we can do even better on CC!
The gal/table where the necklaces came from
As we wait for a the gal to add beads to make a couple of the necklaces longer, we see a couple (around our age) that we noticed were also on the water taxi, Lincoln says Hello and they stop and talk to us. They live on CC, ex-pats from England or Australia (I'm not sure).
Barry & Lindsay have come over to San Pedro to get their Passports stamped, pick up supplies and spend the night (a mini getaway). We have a nice chat, they tell us where they live and that we should stop by and check out their house since they are thinking of selling it. They tell us about a restaurant, The Blue Water Grill, further up the beach where you can get Blue Cheese crumbles (but you have to know about it and ask for them) on a Turkey & Cranberry Pita Sandwich (Western Food). Lindsay's eyes light up when she tells me about it!
The Blue Water Grill
We get as far as the Blue Water Grill, its hot and I'm thirsty so we decide to have a drink. Lincoln just orders a Limeade, I order a Panty Ripper (sometimes called a Panti Rippa') which is Coconut Rum with Pineapple juice. Since we just ate breakfast, we don't order food. When the server (who once again is as hot as the air) brings the bill he asks Lincoln if he likes Rum. Linc says yes, but I didn't feel like a rum. The server laughs and says next time you will and leaves the bill. As you can see, the rum is basically free! LOL!
Virgin Limeade BZE$6 / Panty Ripper BZE$6
As we walk on the beach there are lots of people selling there wares. We notice someone is selling hammocks. Lincoln has been negotiating with a guy on CC for a couple of days for a really special hammock. Its made out of nylon and crocheted so that if one thread breaks the hammock will stay in tact, it won't unravel. Miguel's first price was BZE$280. He's dropped it $20 or so each time we see him. Now we are in San Pedro and Lincoln walks up to the hammocks and Miguel swings around the corner and smiles. SMALL WORLD! They negotiate more (in Spanish) and Miguel finally gives Linc his rock bottom price of BZE$150. We tell him to find us at the Sports Bar at 5pm on CC and we'll buy it then. He does and we do!
Its noon and there is a water taxi back to Caye Caulker at 1pm. I want to be on it. While I'm sure there are things to see here, I didn't do the research and I don't want to wander around aimlessly, its way too hot for that. We are gonna come back in the future so I'll check this Caye out next time!
We do need to kill some time so we keep going down the beach and come across a really nice resort that is geared towards divers. The hotel rooms have thatched roofs, it looks cool.
While we wait for the taxi I notice a truck out in the water...on a barge.
We got back to the Water Taxi dock and hopped on the 1pm taxi. We were happy to dock on Caye Caulker. Barry & Lindsay had told us that the Barrier Reef Sports Bar & Grill have a Guitar Jam every Friday from 3-6pm where they play good music from "our era". So we head back to the room to shower & relax. Linc takes a nap while I try to catch up on my blog.
Finally just before 4pm we head down the beach towards the Sports Bar. The band is in full swing. They sound good and people are having fun. We grab a table, order drinks and chips & queso since the kitchen isn't fully opened yet.
Once again, a fabulous CC day!
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