SAN PEDRO I.II.II.II – DAY TWO 17/09/22 The next day, when the Bloodclaat Gang arrived in San Pedro, I was fully refreshed and actually rejoiced at the sight of them. We had just one day left here and so, we had to make it count. After the traditional fry jacks for breakfast, we rented a golfcart and made way to the […]
I.II.I.V – Caye Caulker: Day Five
CAYE CAULKER I.II.I.V – DAY FIVE 13/09/22 Over the following two days, Kate, Szimon and I had four more dives with practical sessions that went over all the basic skills. I went from thinking I’d be unable to learn about such complex equipment and how to use it without killing myself to being unable to bear the anticipation from one […]
I.II.I.IV – Caye Caulker: Day Four
CAYE CAULKER I.II.I.IV- DAY FOUR 12/09/22 I woke up to the bitter realisation that I had lost my nipple piercing sometime the day before. By that time, the wound had already practically closed. In not wanting my nipple to look misshapen and scarred, I took the very wise decision of repiercing it myself – with the blunt metal stud itself. […]
I.II.I.II – Caye Caulker: Day Two
CAYE CAULKER I.II.I.II- DAY TWO 10/09/22 The following day was one I had been looking forward to for many months. I’d be going be a snorkelling tour at the marine reserve of Hol Chan; a protected sealife sanctuary that draws in millions of tourists annually! At 9AM sharp I was to be found at one of the tour companies’ stalls […]
I.II.I.I – Caye Caulker: Day One
CAYE CAULKER I.II.I.I – DAY ONE 09/09/22 A two-hour ferry ride away stood my first destination in Central America – an island called Caye Caulker in Belize! With a fresh breeze and sea spray in my face, I felt reinvigorated. The melancholy of leaving Mexico behind soon turned to exhilaration as I was about to step into another country. And […]
BELIZE – PEOPLE
BELIZE PEOPLE POPULATION Whilst around 50% are Latino, more than 25% of the population is Creole; descendants of sub-Saharan African slaves who were brought to British Honduras for labour. In addition, Belize is also home to Mayans, East Indians and the Garifuna; people with mixed African and American ancestry who used to live in the Caribbean island of Saint Vincent. […]
BELIZE – LAND
BELIZE LAND GEOGRAPHY Belize is a rhombus-shaped country that’s around 23,000 kilometres squared in size. Found on the north-eastern coast of Central America, the country is bordered by Mexico on the north, Guatemala on the west and south, and the Caribbean Sea on the east. The north is mostly flat and is dominated by forests, swampy areas and coastal plains, […]