The day dawned chilly again (relatively speaking). We made toast in our room and took our time getting ready for the day. Our plan today was to rent a clear bottom kayak and go into the split and around each end of the island a little. The place with the kayaks was supposed open at 9:00, but at 10:15 we were still just sitting on the pier waiting. We always have to remember we are on island time here, and 9:00 may mean noon somedays.  We decided to leave our bikes and take a walk through town. We made a few stops as we wandered among the shops, hotels, and restaurants. Around 11:30 we picked up some lunch and then headed back to the split. We paid the $10 USD to rent the kayak and started out. The wind was strong today and we encountered some choppy water. But after paddling through the split to the west side of the island, we were a little more protected from the wind. We eventually ended up back on the east side of the island and found a few starfish in the sea grass. We drifted and /or paddled lazily until Christian spotted a dark shadow moving through the water. As we followed it, we discovered we had happened upon a large eagle ray. I stuck my waterproof camera underwater several times trying to capture it, it was very fast and graceful as it glided away. It actually came back into the shallow water several times and we were able to get pretty close. After a couple of hours we returned the kayak and headed back to our room. We stopped to pick up laundry we had earlier dropped off and stopped at the house that makes fresh bread to sell. A wam loaf of cinnamon bread cost us $1 USD. We went back and ate it warm spread with butter. We had previously scheduled a sunset cruise tonight, but the arrival of clouds on the horizon made us glad it was canceled- maybe tomorrow. We biked once again to Meldy’s. The breakfast was great, now to try the dinner. We had to wait a few minutes until one of the 5 tables was vacated, so as we stood outside we couldn’t help but notice the little fruit stand across the street was still open. We had noticed a sign that said homemade tortillas so we walked across to ask. The owner said yes, she did have tortillas she had just made! Tortillas were plentiful in San Pedro and Placencia and we learned quickly to love them,especially freshly made ones. But they don’t seem to be as popular on Caye Caulker. We ordered 10 of the small tortillas and she put them straight from the pan into a plastic bag. Most things are not wrapped individually here, but that may be a USA thing, even when I was in Europe I noticed they don’t wrap things like we do either. One of the picnic tables was soon ready for us on Meldy’s small deck. Christian got a steamed lobster, it was one of the bigger lobsters I’ve ever seen and it was cooked to perfection served with melted butter and mashed potatoes. And all for $20 USD! And it no doubt came straight off one of the small boats the fisherman take out to free dive for lobster and conch. I had a shrimp burrito bigger than my head, seriously, I can’t understand why this burrito was so huge! You may think we were stuffed from dinner (and you would be right) but the spicy burrito (which Christian helped with also) left us wanting something cool, so we rode up to front street to share a scoop of ice cream. We sat on the curb and talked to people we saw that we had already met as well as met people walking by. No one is in a hurry. There’s always time to talk. And it’s not just because we are all on vacation, we have had some really interesting conversations with local residents who may be working, but still make time to visit for a few minutes. It’s beginning to dawn on me that we will be leaving this magical place in a few days. I really miss family and friends back home, but I hate the idea of cold weather, rushing from place to place and not being able to ride my bike everywhere now that I’ve discovered the joy of a bike again.  I can’t imagine the island’s motto of “Go Slow” working back home, but perhaps I can bring a little bit of that attitude back to my own life.