Belize day 9- Caye Caulker’s motto is “Go Slow” – so we did

The rain pelting our window woke us up early. This is a good day to not be diving. The rain came in spurts all day, it would be hot and sunny for several hours and then a 20 minute rainstorm would come through town. We went to Glenda’s, a great local breakfast spot suggested by John. It was in the front couple of rooms of a small wood frame home, and Glenda was in her kitchen cooking. Homemade cinnamon rolls and fresh squeezed orange juice along with the eggs and beans were all fabulous, and such a bargain. We sat with a great couple from Illinois, someone else who has a story to tell. After breakfast we rented a golf cart for a couple of hours to see the island. This island is entirely walkable, but to go from one end to the other and see everything on every street would take much of the day so we decided to get an overview the quick way. The roads were filled with water, every pothole became a small pond and we zigzagged to avoid them. They were not muddy since the streets are pure sand, just a dirty/sandy water. We visited the small airport and got tickets for tomorrow’s trip to Belize City airport. We visited the northern end of the island known as the split. There is a narrow (maybe a little less than 100 yards) canal between the main part of the island and the north end, which is almost uninhabited. The water is a spectacular blue here and the little beachside bar has a large deck and pier. This end of town is where the local craft vendors gather and the dive and tour shops are here. It is a very tiny version of San Pedro, very very tiny that is. After we returned the golf cart, we found a place for lunch and waited out the next round of rain there. Our lazy day was becoming even lazier, we found ourselves still tired from all the activity of the last week. We decided to have a little siesta back at our room, a movie and a little nap refreshed us and we went out again searching for an ice cream shop we had seen earlier. We wore our rain jackets and tried to act like locals and ignore it. We did pretty good. The drizzle was so off and on we never knew when to expect it. After a little more exploring and some walking down the beach we returned to face the monumental task of repacking everything. We pulled everything out and repacked it more neatly. It went better than expected. After dark we headed out for supper to a little local open air place where we had seen literally half a pig roasting over a fire pit all afternoon. The people were nice and the food was good- all you can ask for. There is some really good people watching here. There are quite a few people from Australia for some reason, as well as lots of young backpackers and of course the crowd of middle aged to older couples here for peace and quiet. Caye Caulker attracts quite a mixed crowd. Before returning to our hotel we stopped by a fruit stand and bought a big beautiful pineapple that they cut up for us right there. Now we have desert and breakfast! We are headed to Belize City in the morning and the girls are flying back home. It’s beginning to hit me that they won’t be with us for the rest of the time and I’m really hating it. We’ve had probably the best vacation the four of us have ever been on and I hate to see it end. They are so grown now but really more fun than ever. Well, I’m not gonna ruin the rest of the time we have dwelling on it. But this has been time with them I’ll never forget.

Police dept
Police dept
Beautiful fruit everywhere
Beautiful fruit everywhere
Glenda's kitchen for breakfast
Glenda’s kitchen for breakfast
Mallory and Olivia at the split
Mallory and Olivia at the split
The split
The split
Coke delivery truck we kept seeing as he delivered to restaurants
Coke delivery truck we kept seeing as he delivered to restaurants
Only Starbucks we've seen in Belize at all- and its on the smallest island
Only Starbucks we’ve seen in Belize at all- and its on the smallest island

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