We spent 3 days on Caye Caulker, a tiny island an hour boat trip away from Belize City. Really beautiful and completely different from the rest of our trip - completely Caribbean and tropical. We spent the first couple of days sunning ourselves on the surprisingly small beach which was nice but not very peaceful as were surrounded by American tourists shouting at each other about how drunk they were. Ben managed to get his hair cut by a gangster from Belize who also, uninvitedly, shaped his beard and sideburns - a bit Craig David. But he then shaved it off properly as too embarrassed.
The next day we went on a snorkel trip to the reef in the Hol Chan reserve. At the first site the boat was immediately swarmed by sharks and stingrays and our fantastic, but incredibly chilled, guide Jerry jumped in and attracted more by throwing them sardines. We slighltly hesitatingly jumped in after him and Anna swam straight to Jerry and didn`t let go of him the whole time we were in the water. Saw lots and lots of fish and coral on the other two snorkels, as well as a green turtle and some dolphins too. We sailed home with bottomless rum punch and fresh ceviche served by the captain Jahlee. Amazing. Even if it did actually rain torrentially the whole day.
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