A (Rough) Ride North to a GORGEOUS Very Islandy Christmas Tree

It’s a busy week on Ambergris Caye. Lots of island activity are happening this week – and…Jeff’s mom is visiting from the States. Yesterday, we set out to show her and her partner, Ken, our newly completed spot, Rocky Point Permit Camp.

We were driving up in two golf carts and meeting them at Tranquility Bay Resort. They were taking a boat up to TBR – the roads are just too bad…too bumpy for them right now.

The photo below is at about Mile 11 north – you can see the palapa at the end of the dock at the old El Secreto Resort collapsing slowly into the water.

Beach road up north
The ride up north – some parts of the beach “road” are fine, some are deteriorating after the last tropical storm

It was a beautiful morning and as Jeff and I waited for the boat (and his mom) to arrive, I went inside the over-the-water bar and restaurant at Tranquility Bay and saw the most beautiful island-y Christmas tree.

Jeff and Frannie watching for boat arrival

In all her coconut front and conch shell glory…

Conch and coconut christmas tree

Here are some of the other pictures I took up north yesterday.

New beach bar at Margaritaville
Margaritaville is looking fantastic – and they have a new, cute little bar just south of the main buildings
This guy at Tranquility Bay
The tables at TBR for drinking, snacks, swimming, sunning

Looking back toward the beach…

Beach at Tranquility Bay

Another angle…

And then another few miles north…settled in at the camp…Ken found this cool washed up coral head. Unlike any we’ve ever seen. He described it like “monkey bread” – almost like a large very heavy cauliflower. Here it is. Let me know if you can ID the coral type and…have a great day.

A very large cauliflower or brain but not brain coral

It’s under carriage 🙂

Rings like an ancient tree

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  1. Chuck and Victoria Perry on December 10th, 2024 at 10:31 am

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