A Trip Up North on Ambergris Caye: Ak’Bol Yoga Resort, Lazy Croc’s BBQ, Feliz Bar and Odd Weather

Yesterday started off grey and a bit cool but we could see the sun…up north.  So my friends, their golf cart and I headed over the bridge to hang out and find it.  Here are some pictures of what I call “North Ambergris Caye”.  If you are unfamiliar with our island, many of the buildings and population are around San Pedro town on the southern end.

And then there is a toll bridge over “the Cut” and as you head north, it’s more “suburban”.  More homes and resorts and less businesses…gtb-map-ambergris-caye-belize-karte

Our first stop was about 1.5 miles north at Ak’Bol Yoga Resort.  They have a great dock for swimming and sunning and a very cute bar/restaurant.  I got out my camera and realized that MY BATTERY WAS DEAD!  SO…here is my first IPhone 4s blog post.

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The tide is LOW and the slight SLIGHT breeze was coming from the back side of the island.

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The IPhone takes some pretty good pictures…IMG_2839

The sun was to the north and then to the south, the lurking grey cloud.

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South towards the Palapa Bar…it’s the palapa with the big BAR sign.IMG_2841

Half and half.

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And the inside of the beach front bar.

IMG_2846We lazed about on the dock, ate some hummus, saw a very cool orange octopus and then headed about 1/3 mile north to Lazy Croc’s BBQ (for the FULL scoop on this hot spot, check out the post below).

They were smoking 200lbs of ribs and some chickens.  I had to take a look…

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I order the Ribs & Chicken platter.  2 huge fatty delicious ribs (my favorite), 1/4 smoked chicken dark, Mac & Bacony cheese and fried okra.  Just a snack…

IMG_2851 IMG_2853Oh yes, and it comes with a SLAB of garlicky buttery Texas toast.  $34bzd and this is EASILY enough for 2.  I had lots of take home because I needed to test the dessert.  We tried a Smoked Apple Pie.  (Ask for it warm AND with whipped cream – delicious.)  And one fine example of Frozen Key Lime Pie.  Really REALLY good.

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Stuffed to the gills, we headed home for food naps…we stopped to say hi to friends at Feliz Bar.  They are doing a Live Music Saturday.

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And we walked down to Coco Loco’s and somehow we still stood at the split between the nice day and the black cloud.  It’s following us.

(When I got home, I realized that about half of my IPhotos contain my finger…gonna need to work on that.)

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Back over the bridge to San Pedro Town proper and paved roads.  A bunch of kids and adults seem to have received roller blades from Santa.  There are only a few smooth, non-cobbled roads for using them…

Escaping the black cloud…

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