April 9, 2012

Belize {Sailing, Snorkeling, & Caye Caulker}


One thing that Maddie and I had both wanted to do since we booked our trip to Belize was go on a sailboat tour.  After wandering up and down the beach in San Pedro in search of the perfect trip, we finally found Searious Adventures, the most legit looking company on the island with awesome catamarans :)  The next day we set sail to 2 snorkeling destinations (Hol Chan & Shark Ray Alley) and lunch on Caye Caulker, an very laid back island close to Ambergris Caye.  With the 2nd largest reef in the world, the snorkeling was absolutely amazing - we saw huge turtles, nurse sharks, eels, schools of fish, and even got to hold a sting ray!  Caye Caulker was also a blast - we had a yummy lunch and our own personal tour of the island (one of the crew members from our boat that took a liking to the two American girls :).  While I'm glad we stayed on Ambergris (more to do, less spring break-like), I loved visiting this cute little island and can't wait to go back and explore more on another trip.

 setting sail




 snacks onboard (Belikin and conch salsa)






 conch fishermen feeding the turtles


 welcome to Caye Caulker


 laundromat


 cemetery








 DJ Chavo brought us to The Lazy Lizard - a sunny place for shady people :)


 me and DJ Chavo (our tour guide)


Maddie & the famous green iguana (which we promptly dumped overboard when our guide wasn't looking)


 this seemingly shy kid on our boat loved to dance



xoxo,
stephanie marie

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