Honduras to Belize then Mexico

With Nick and Nicki in San Pedro de Sula

We travelled from the Cayes with Nick and Nicki who were diving too, on to San Petro De Sula where we decided to stay for a couple of nights before travelling on to Belize. We watched the Champions League final in a little cafe in the town centre which then turned into an boozy day and night.  Nick is a Man U fan so a little drowning of his sorrows was needed... we were only too happy to assist!

Caye Caulker- peaceful!

We then left Nick and Nicki and headed over the border into Belize, stopping for a night in Belize City before catching a boat over to Caye Caulker, an island just off the coast.  It was a beautiful place (as are most places in the Caribbean Sea) and a great place to relax for a few days.  Everybody gets around on golf buggies - no motorbikes or cars- so it's fairly peaceful, and pace of life is s-l-o-w.  




The main reason for our trip to Caye Caulker was so we could dive the blue hole, which is a sink-hole out in the sea.  It is 400ft down and 100ft in diameter and was formed before the ice age when it was a cave above sea level full of Stalactites then the ice melted and the sea level rose submerging it completely. 

The beach at Caye Caulker

  

Our 3 ft neighbour!

We got up at 5.30am as it is a 2 hour boat ride out.  When you get there you can see a huge dark blue circle on the water where the cave is.  We dived down to 40m which is the deepest dive we've done- you can only spend 8mins at that depth because of nitrogen levels in your bloodstream, it affects me quite a lot which means I was 'narked' for most of the dive, no bad thing as it is called a free high and makes you feel really happy! 

Rain at sea, on the way to the blue hole. 

The cave was amazing, full of stalactites that were 10m- 20m in places.  We spent a bit of time swimming in and out of them.  There were also reef sharks there which were beautiful- they are so sleek and graceful in the water.  Because we were down deep we were swimming amongst them too, Tim was face to face with one about 3m away! This was by far the best dive we've done!

Half Moon Caye for lunch.

The whole day was great, we did two more dives and saw loads of marine life like turtles, crabs and so many fish.  The coral is beautiful there too, as it is undamaged and the colours are fantastic - it's like being on another planet!  We had lunch on Half Moon Caye a beautiful little island with a red footed booby bird colony on it, there were loads of birds and lots of different types of lizards too.  

In our diving gear in the water.

We went on to San Pedro another island in Belize for a few days and decided to do another couple of dives there.  We saw nurse sharks, which look like huge cat fish, turtles, Sting rays and Eagle rays (which are bigger and have pretty blue spots) and tons of fish.  Unfortunately the reef is closer to the island and isn't as nice as it isn't in as good condition but the dives were still fantastic.  We have done a total of 25 dives each now since Thailand and it will definitely be something we keep up in the future.  

Chilling on the balcony in San Pedro.

We caught the boat over to Mexico and travelled up to Cancun from there, stopping for a night in Tumul, which apparently has the best beach in central America.  We didn't see it as it rained the whole time we were there so we didn't make it to the beach!


We spent a couple of nights in Cancun, doing nothing much but eating Mexican food.  We were staying in the town centre- not near the beach- so didn't get to the beach there either! By that point though it didn't matter as we were geared up for flying to the USA and were ready for the final leg of the trip! Only 11 weeks left...

Mexican food! Yummy!