From San Pedro, Belize To The US of A: With a Belize City Sushi Stop

After an iffy early morning start on Friday…

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…by my 11am Tropic Air flight to Belize City Municipal, things were just perfect.

A gorgeous clear day…and quite the view of the rafts of sargassum coming in.  Pretty good around Ambergris Caye but where the reef gets low…just before Caye Caulker…oh my.

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We landed for a drop off on the smaller caye…

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…at the foot of the runway.  This house looks completely surrounded by water.

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And then the “airport”.

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The reef looking beautiful.

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And Caye Chapel…the resort/golf course caye that has recently sold to Mexican investors and is now closed.  And very dry.

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We were landing at Municipal Airport in down town Belize City to stop for lunch at a new Japanese spot…JAPANESE IN BELIZE CITY! and then make our way to the airport for the 3pm American Airlines flight to Dallas (Stop #1).

In a taxi, we drove a short way on the Northern Highway to a new mall area JUST open…just across the street from Courts.

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Two levels…an outpost of Coral Bubbles.  For bubble tea.  Strangely, it is very popular.  Only strange to me because I am not a bubble tea fan.

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And then around the bend, Taka-San Japanese Restaurant – sushi, snacks and udon.  Yum, yum and yum.

Simple inside and very newly opened…but look!  Real deal.

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My horrible picture of the menu.

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And some reading material.

IMG_3997  The staff, from Japanese – though our waiter has been in Belize for 11 years – is LOVELY.  I mean…really nice, polite and super helpful.

Who doesn’t love sitting down to icy cold hand towels and an offer of green tea?

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I’d go back for the excellent service but also for the delicious noodles and dumplings…mmmm….

Rice stuffed with pork.

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Delicious, crisp bottomed dumplings with dipping sauce.

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Spicy tuna rolls that were quite good.

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Really really REALLY good.  We settled up and went to check out “The Living Room” – a coffee, wine and pastry bar.  Belize City is getting SO chic!

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We were off to the airport…and our flight to Dallas.  And we arrived and check in at the Grand Hyatt, so conveniently IN the airport, and watched the sun set…

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