While it is definitely a tourist spot, they are almost exclusively small hotels and since owning beach front is illegal in Belize you can walk up and down the peninsula along the beach or along the longest unbroken side walk through the middle of town. The sand is all made of coral fragments, so the grains are small enough to be sandy but big enough to wipe away really easily, a great combination. Unfortunately, there is quite a bit of garbage that floats in or is left on the beach, but almost all of the restaurants and hotels have people rake the beach each morning to mitigate that.
Emily Abbott managed to get us a sweet deal on a house for three nights. Right on the beach, it was an amazing spot and with 10 students in there it was only BZ$10 a night! It was a great chance to relax and pass the time throwing a disc on the beach and swimming in the warm Caribbean water.
We took full advantage of the kitchen and cooked up some tasty meals. The second day a few students went out fishing and snorkelling and the Belizean who took them out cooked up the catch of kingfish and some Conch fritters for us the second night, a delightful local feast!
After a great time spent and only minor sunburn, I headed back to San Ignacio yesterday via water taxi and a long bus ride, unpacked and reluctantly washed the salt and sand out of my hair.PS. The opposition party, UDP won the election in a landslide victory with nearly 80% of the vote, ending 10 years of reign by the PUP. With no riots or demonstrations, this looks like a successful, democratic turnover...three cheers
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Hi Shaun,
I know that you don't know me, but I worked with your mom at Wilkins until my husband and I retired to Guatemala almost 4 years ago.
I loved reading about your adventures since we have spent some time in Belize. Your mom has asked me for some tips for her upcoming trip. We have a friend in Cayo who is a tour guide, so I'm going to see if she wants us to contact him for her. He took us into some wonderful caves around San Ignacio.
At any rate, I'm glad that you are enjoying your experience in Central America. It's really an eyeopener. Be sure to try to get to Copan in Honduras. It's very different from Tikal, but a wonderful place to visit.
Stay out of the sun.
Wendy Tulloch
tulloch@hotmail.com
Hey pal, Glad to hear you are having some fun and enjoying the sight. I got to see a few phots of a friend of mine,Brenda, we are ambassador at Sunday River together and as I am looking at her photos of this election rally who do I see in the background but YOU. She works full time for the Univ of Maine and they had been there for 3 weeks in January. She was telling us all about the elections and the blue party vs. red party. Very funny to see you there. She met a few people from the US not you but you where in the phots. I called Mom to tell her and spoke to Katie. She mentioned you had called the night before. We are getting more snow and school vacation starts today so we are heading north. 131 trails open and the conditions are great. Hope this note fines you well and safe. Make sure you use sunscreen.
Love Aunt Ronnie
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