I’m Back in Belize! And Here are A Few Things I Missed

Here is my view of Ambergris Caye and the reef from my Tropic Air flight.

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and then the usual Belize weather came back with a beautiful breeze.  Ahhhh…

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But my lily white gringo skin smartly recoiled in fear.  You are not at the beach in Rhode Island anymore. 18 degrees latitude is going to require some serious sunblock.

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Yesterday on my way to breakfast at Estel’s (aka the best breakfast in town), I passed some kids making sand angels.

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The menu,

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the breakfast (especially the flour tortilla) and the view are always things of beauty.

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The perfect food and the perfect day for going sailing and snorkeling for the afternoon.  I thought I’d play it safe with SPF 30 and lots of it.

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The real snorkeler in our group (I’m more of a floater/paddler) found some pretty amazing stuff snorkeling by the reef near Grand Caribe.  There were only two kayaks there with us.

This guy was trying to crawl away…very slowly.

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And this one is a keeper.

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A very cool sponge with a strange star fish living in it.

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And then this cool sea worm excrement…a combo of mucous and sand.  Felt perfectly smooth.  Just like rubber.

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I’m sure you won’t mind if I take a second to toot my own conch shell horn but as a sealife photographer?  I rock.  I only need to have someone else locate the very best creatures and present them to me as I sit in the boat.  National Geographic, you know where to find me.

And on the sail back checking out the “Pamela Ann”…a very pretty boat out of Southport, North Carolina.

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I tried with the sunblock, really I did.  But I’ve got some patches are skin that are smarting this morning.  Vitamin D.  Oh well.  It’s good to be back home in Belize.

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