Belize

Belize boarder crossing nice and easy. Vorn said the the officers on the Guatemala side ¨there is no exit tax for Guatemala¨ and we grabbed our passports and kept walking. Dont think the guy was very happy but didnt say anything. Ha ha!

Visited the hospital to get my foot checked out - just a sprain but the doctor growled at me like he was my father or something! Interesting hospital system. Basicly its free, but as my injury was a week old I had to pay $5USD, then another $1USD for the drugs they gave me, and they dont even explain what they are giving you. No label or anything on them.... The nurse that checked me in was lovely and very interested in how the system works back home. Back to our crappy hotel to rest the foot then off the Caye Caulker in the morning!

2 nights on Caye Caulker, one of the more popular Islands and know to be the cheapest. Although it wasnt that cheap! Just swam in the afternoon, had a beer or two at the bar on the ´Split´. Its called the Split as a hurricane caused the end of the island to flood, seperating a small part of land, now nicknamed the Split. Sat out on a table which is stuck in the ground in the water, about knee deep. Very refreshing!

Lazy morning with Vorn and I napping, eating and just sitting on our ass enjoying the down time. The hostel had a little boat that we took out for a paddle around the beach front. Lots of pelicans hanging around for fish, but we really didnt see any. The water is so clear and warm, you can see right to the bottom. Its also the saltiest water I have ever swam in. Ran in to Matt (the Pom from Flores) and had a swim at the beach with him, few drinks at a cool bar with swings as the chairs. Its ok mum - cant actually swing much on them, wasnt going for broken leg number 4! Seafood dinner - tasted the local ´Snapper´, was nice apart from it took about an hour to get served in a restaurant that had no one else to feed. Think they went out to catch them and clean them first maybe... Ate dinner in the outside part of the rest, over looking a jetting with a local fisherman cleaning his catch of the day. A massive stingray swam around cleaning up the scraps, I bet he knows to wait there every night for the fisherman.

The locals here a pretty friendly with their ¨no worries man¨ attitude. Very very laid back people. Matt went diving on one of the days - imitating his tour guide with a slow speaking Jamaican accent, ¨Never chase a bull shark, a bull shark will chase you back¨. 2 nights were enough for us and we caught the ferry of the island the following morning and caught a bus back to Guatemala, Flores. (again, we aced the boarder crossing!!)

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