Although the guest house wasn't that good, its location meant that within 5 minutes we had walked to the taxi dock and awaited our boat.
The moment the taxi pulled away from Belize city, you could see just how stunning the coast line of Belize was.
Its just a shame that the city itself lacked any reason to stay there.
The guide book warned about going out at night through fear of theft or worse !!
After a 45 minute journey, the boat pulled up at the dock for Caye Caulker.
We were immediately greeted by chilled out taxi drivers, all trying to offer us lifts.
These taxi's were different to any we had seen before - They were golf carts !!
There are no cars allowed on the island, although you have to question why you would want a taxi as you can walk the length in just over 10 minutes.
Caye Caulker was a real surprise.
There were no paved roads, just compacted sand with locals selling gifts that were being made in front of you.
The whole atmosphere here was really laid back, with the sounds of Bob Marley belting out from huge speakers from every bar and restaurant.
The locals would switch between Creole and English, although you could never understand them unless they were actually talking to you and slower than normal.
I spent the next 3 days diving, whilst Alison had to catch up on some washing :)
The diving here was great.
Alison commented that the washing was the same as else where - A women's work is never done !!
There were no early mornings for diving, just a leisurely 9am start where you didn't actually get away for at least another half an hour as the staff would laugh and joke as they prepared for the trip.
The diving here was great, with guides that would do the serious stuff first about safety etc, then revert back to their chilled out approach to every thing - there was never a rush to do anything.
The following are some of the photos taken from North Cove, Tackle Box, Esmeralda and Gallows Point
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This fellow was guarding the dock of Belize Diving Services.
Belize Diving Services
The 5 at the back are the staff
Not quite JAWS, but when they come up close you start to wonder if they are !!
One of the few Spotted Eagle Rays that we saw whilst diving
One happy chappy :)
One of the dive masters playing with an old coke bottle he found whilst diving.
A great leisurely place place to dive, with some great staff who had a joke about everything.
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