As soon as I woke the dreaded reality hit me, I have to pack everything up this morning! I actually enjoy packing before a trip because it’s all a part of the anticipation of a trip, but since we are already here it’s now just a chore. I got up and showered, dressed, ate toast, worked on my blog, pretty much anything to put off packing a little longer. When I finally just did it, I was actually finished pretty quickly. I’m usually not a procrastinator and this helps me remember why, things are rarely as bad as the dread of them.
We spent some time out by the pool visiting with John and Susan, of course hunting Lionfish is always a main topic of conversation. We joke that other people are probably going to get tired of us talking about that, but we never tire of this conversation with each other because we know how outrageously fun it really is.
The time came to call a golf cart taxi and load up. John and Susan met us at the water taxi pier to see us off. Even though we are only changing locations and we have lots of fun in store on Ambergris Caye, I’m feeling sad to be leaving Caye Caulker and all the fun we’ve had here.
The water taxi ride was pretty smooth today and we arrived without incident in San Pedro. We waited on the busting beach with all its colorful buildings for the luggage cart and found our ride from Ramon’s Village, where we are staying. Ramon’s village is a network of cottages with tall thatched roofs with immaculately landscaped grounds. They’ve given the impression when you walk through the talk arched entryway onto the grounds that right here in town you’ve entered the rainforest and you are staying in a traditional wood and thatch cabin in the midst of it. The execution and beauty of this place make me think of Disney. If they had a resort on a tropical island, it would look just like this. The main building has a fantastic winding pool with lush greenery and palms as if it a small stream in the jungle. The restaurant is open air and looks over the ocean. On the beach you reach a pier with a palapa on either side that serves as the dive shop. A long dock with multiple pristine boats of all different sizes stretches a long way out over the sea.
After we were settled in our quaint room, we walked down the street to rent a golf cart. These streets are much too narrow and crowded for me to want to either walk or bike. We explored the town a little and ate at a favorite restaurant for dinner. After returning to our hotel we walked down the beach in front of hotels, restaurants, bars, and piers with dive shops or tour operators on them. The beachfront in this part of town resembles the beachfront of a tourist town in Florida, only on a smaller scale with a decidedly Caribbean flair. And although the beaches in Florida are more expansive and well groomed, the water here is infinitely more blue than the gulf. And being able to look out and see the waves breaking over the reef just offshore is just a bonus.
The sadness of earlier in the day is gone and I’m thinking we are going to have a lot of fun on this island, that although close to Cay Caulker, really couldn’t be more different.
