Belize Day 3: First Snorkel

We headed out to snorkel at 9, having set it up with the front desk only 10 minutes prior. Our tour was through Searious Adventures. Jeff, our guide, picked us up from our dock. There were 5 other snorkelers on board: an older couple that liked to take pictures, two women from Denver (one was originally from Overland Park and went to Bishop Meige, which is only a few blocks away from our house), and a younger girl from San Diego that just graduated from med school. (The San Diego girl had just been in Guatemala, and said there was no noticeable unrest.)


Our first snorkel location was Hol Chan. 3 or 4 other boats were already at the site when we arrived. Once our boat was anchored, a nurse shark greeted us with a wagging tail. The fish are fed in these areas, so they are very friendly. Once in the water, we saw tons of crevalle jack, a moray eel, a huge eagle ray, 5 nurse shark, a couple big grouper, a baby barracuda, and ton of other smaller fish. The reef was teaming with life.


Shark Ray Alley was our second snorkel location. There were less fish here, but there were still a bunch. We saw a little nurse shark, lots of social jack fish, and huge schools of fish trying to blend in with the coral. Very vibrant colors (even if you are color blind).

Afterwards, we napped, laid out, and read. Ann declared that it would probably take 10 years for Wyatt to finish the book he was reading: she's probably right. We noticed that we are 10 buildings down from a barge unloading point. It is kind of annoying, but we get used to it. When the hunger bug struck, we hit Coconuts, next door. Wyatt had chowder with conch, snapper, and shrimp with rice (8.5/10). Ann had fried shrimp with fries (7/10). We then watched "Blades of Glory": two thumbs up for the flying scissor finale.


We went to Caramba's for dinner. We had Ceviche and chips to start (7/10). Wyatt had jerk snapper fillet, which was shockingly spicy (8.5/10). Ann had Caribbean snapper (8.5/10). While were walking home along the beach, we witnessed a small black man tell a plus-sized white women that he was only interested in monogamous relations (paraphrasing for the kids). Furthermore, she was going to have to "make a choice." Ahh...love in tropics!

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