Belize! BELIZE!! BERIZE!! Oh, how I love you Belize and Caye Caulker even more so. Upon landing in the Belize City airport, we caught a taxi to the Belize Water Taxi for $25 USD (I thought that was pretty pricey but it's the standard for a cab from the airport). Once we approached the vicinity, our backpacks were pulled from our hands by water taxi operators who said they'd pack our bags onto the next boat. The skeptic in me demanded their names and IDs but it turned out alright. In fact, the water taxi is amazing! Efficient service and honest people. I was initially concerned about my bags but there was no reason for concern. Our first meal in Belize - freshly caught and grilled hogfish, rice and beans and some slaw by our main man Terry. Terry, you will probably never read this but we love you, man. Literally just a few steps from the door of our awesome Airbnb, The Stoned Crab Hideaway, there were small piers for local fisherman to dock their boats. Luckily, most fisherman were out on the sea so we always felt as if we had our own private little piers.
We spent our first full day paddle boarding around the caye. We packed our snorkel gear and did tons of snorkeling off our paddle boards. Getting back on a paddle board when you're on the water is rough... I've got some bumps and bruises to show for it. A half day was also spent kayaking around the caye and the northern caye past the famous Split (the Cancun of Belize). I do not have those photos at hand so I might wait to post any further Belize blogs until I acquire them. We did see a crocodile in the more shallow areas of the waters, near the mangroves. Thankfully, the crocodile was more afraid of us than we were of him so he swam/ran off rapidly away from our kayak. (I did scream and frantically paddled to get out of the vicinity so my ruckus may have be the source of fear for him as we approached.) The water was incredibly calm on the west side of the island as it faces the mainland. The Belize barrier reef breaks all waves coming from the east side of the caye, but the water can still be quite turbulent with all of the boat activity. Say hello to our puffer fish friend and the decapitated head of a barracuda.
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