Posted on July 19th, 2008 by aj
One early morning after a two hour boat ride to the middle of nowhere we came to The Blue Hole. The Blue Hole is an ancient underground sea cave who’s roof has collapsed leaving a great dimple in the continental shelf. Our open water PADI certification is for 60ft but the blue hole dive is [...]
Posted on July 18th, 2008 by aj
The first thing we did was to motor out to the cayes and plop ourselves in the Caribbean proper. The cayes are just sand that piled on top of reefs and is now sort of held in place by colonial coconut and banana trees. Reggae takes over from the city’s American Hip-Hop. We based ourselves [...]
Posted on July 17th, 2008 by aj
As fun as rum, hammocks, reggae and sailing were, we really came to Belize for the second biggest barrier reef in the world and its critters. After re-acquainting ourselves with the finer points of staying alive without atmosphere via YouTube, we got under the sea. Visibility was eighty feet at least. You can swim at [...]
Posted on July 16th, 2008 by aj
The woman who picked us up from the airport explained to us over the American Hip-Hop on the radio that there were only two cuisines in Belize: rice and beans and beans and rice. She also had a lot to say about hurricanes. Its not unusual for all 70,000 people in Belize City to run [...]
Posted on July 15th, 2008 by aj
In July we bounced down to Belize to do some diving. Its only a 3 hour flight from Dallas over the Caribbean and loads of untouched Yucatan forest. Living in brown California it was pleasing to see so much dense greenery again. Belize has an incredible ethnic mix for a nation the size of Massachusetts. [...]