Wednesday Feb 13th 2013 - Belize (previously British Honduras)
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| Leaving ship on power boat to go snorkeling |
Belize is not able to handle cruise ships, so
they all anchor about 15-20 minutes from land.
A flotilla of local boats of all shapes and sizes came to ‘tender’
passengers ashore. We booked a snorkel trip in a high speed power boat, so we
were picked up directly from the ship and sped off to a reef by a beautiful
island (think Robinson Crusoe, or Treasure island). The seas were quite rough so
it was hard going snorkeling. Derek was tired and finished a little early, he
went to the island and sat sipping rum
punch. The group leader told him that he was tired due to the effects of the
diving yesterday. Using the compressed air apparently messes with your body’s
nitrogen levels. Janice snorkeled for as
long as possible. Saw lots of big colourful fish, coral, eel,
and starfish.
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| Post snorkeling rum punch on the island |
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| Such a beautiful place |
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| It's like the desert island we only dream of. |
After lounging on the island for an hour we were taken back to the ship.
We had lunch then jumped on a tender and went ashore to Belize and pottered
around the shops, bought some aloe for Janice’s sunburn and another cowboy
hat. Had a couple of beers (2 for $5) at
a bar near the dock and chatted with a couple of people. Tender back to the
ship at 3:30 and relaxed, had dinner, show and a quick dance before heading to
bed ready for another exciting day tomorrow.
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| Happy to be here |
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| We really should ask people to take our pictures together LOL |
