Jack Family Fun!: Caye Caulker/San Pedro Monday 11/28

We took our time getting ready and started packing up our stuff, then headed back to Happy Lobster for breakfast. The boys each had pancakes and cleaned their plates! Kris and I both had the same omelets, why mess with a good thing. We also had their coffee- and wow it was excellent! This time breakfast cost us $28US. The weather was really windy as we walked back toward the hotel. Along the way we met a couple from Canada, Tyler and Kristin, who were on the island for a couple days before heading to Tikal Guatemala. We chatted with them for a little bit and then had to hustle back to the hotel to pack up. We rushed to get to the water taxi that was scheduled to leave at 11:15am only to have it run late and not arrive until 11:45am. While we were waiting we let the boys drive their cars in the sand and we also saw some dolphins swimming and jumping out of the water!

The dolphins are out there somewhere!

Waiting for the water taxi

Goodbye Caye Caulker!

The water taxi from Caye Caulker to San Pedro took about 45 minutes and was pretty crowded. Anthony & Shannon met us in San Pedro and we rode in their golf cart to their apartment….

We hadn’t planned on going to San Pedro, but while we were waiting for the water taxi to Caye Caulker we met Anthony & Shannon, a pair of Christians who are living in San Pedro, building a Christian school. We spent about 25minutes talking with them about what they are doing, where they were from, how and why we were in Belize, etc. They invited us to give them a call before we headed back to the mainland. They offered to let us stay with them in their two bedroom condo. One of the major reasons that we didn’t consider visiting San Pedro was that it is much more expensive than Caye Caulker- hotels, food, everything just cost more…. So with Anthony & Shannon offering us a free place to stay we couldn’t pass that up!

The condo- 2nd floor with white chairs on the deck

San Pedro is a much different experience than Caye Caulker. It is 25 miles long. Most people drive golf carts here, but there are plenty of cars on the roads too. Anthony & Shannon picked us up from the water taxi dock and we rode in their golf cart to their condo. The condo was across a bridge in the northern part of the city, away from the craziness of the downtown area. The day itself wasn’t too great- very windy and even cold. I got goosebumps for the first time in 2 months! But the land was gorgeous!! The condo was right on the beach! We unloaded our stuff into our bedroom and while Anthony & Shannon went to the store we hit the beach!! Jonathan and Kris built another impressive Mayan Ruin while Aaron and I hunted for shells for our collection. We found a set of rocks extending into the water where we found a whole ecosystem! Kris picked up a sea snail and held it still enough that the snail came out of the shell quite a ways! We also saw hermit crabs, regular crabs (small ones), a sea anemone, and some small fish. I stumbled upon a pointy shell buried in the sand. I kept digging and found a whole conch shell, which we happily added to the collection!