Snorkely Workely

Hello from gorgeous Belize!!!!!

It's day 4 of our trip and I'm still in awe of how beautiful this island is! We are truly living in paradise.

I instantly fell in love with Belize, because it reminds me so much of Ghana. Stepping off the plane I was hit with smells of salt water, gasoline, spicy home cooking, and undertones of poo. Taxi cabs were glorified personal cars and each building is a different color of bright 10 year old pealing paint. After our taxi ride from the airport we crammed into a packed speed boat to our island paradise that we get to call home for seven blissful days! Lewis was pleased to chat with some Aussies on the ride and revamp his Aussies twang,I enjoyed listening.

Now we are settled into our lovely beachfront hostel, swinging in hammocks. What could be better?!?! How about six hours on a sail boat for a full day of snorkeling!!!! The main reason we came here didn't let us down! Unfortunately Lewis's waterproof camera wasn't very waterproof but we'll  have mental pictures of all the cool things we saw for the rest of our lives.  Even though I didn't quiet master the mask, and sported an awful red ring on my face for the day, the views were worth it.

Our first stop was the Coral Gardens where we saw fire coral, brain coral, patriot fish, blue and black angle fish and many more! The Regga King sail boat with Bob Marly jams took us next to Shark Ray Ally. Yeah we swam with nurse sharks and sting rays!!!!!!!! Honestly I was terrified to leap of the boat, and was terrified each time I got even 10 feet near one of these huge creatures, but how cool!!!!!!! The nurse sharks had creepy white eyes and catfish like whiskers, I'm guessing I saw one that was eight feet long! The sharks, sting rays and these other massive fish just mingled together almost like they were trying to huddle for warmth. I wouldn't have expected this kind of co habitation. The last stop of the day was extra special, Ho Chan Marien Resereve. After about 45 seconds in the water everyone ahead ( because I constantly struggled in the back) was very excited because there was a SEA TURTLE! How special is that!!!!! We just got to float above it, as it had a buffet of seaweed. Our guide says they eat up to 10 pounds a day, very massive animal. We got super lucky a saw a spotted eagle sting ray, a green moray eel, and Lewis swam through  a coral reef cave, what a stud! To top it off we drank rum punch on the ride back, I almost fell overboard, and we danced with our new friends at Sports Bar (funny coincidence B town friends), now I'm in a hammock looking at the Carribien sea!

Life is very good :)