OUR LAST DAY IN BELIZE - FOR NOW

It's Wednesday morning & Ron was up early for a "business" meeting, basically it was a coffee club with Tom & the owner of our hotel & a couple of other guys. It was good for him to meet contacts for our future visits. Back in the room I'm finishing packing. One last breakfast at Omar's & we hit the road. Have to make a detour back to Lower Dover to pick up my camera charger, then it's back to Belize City, which we have managed to avoid until now. This is like driving in the US only worse! Found the bus terminal, but can't buy tickets for the overnight ride until 5pm, so it's time for late lunch. "King James" from the water taxi company recommended a restaurant to us & pointed us in the right direction. The main streets in the city are worse than the highways. Two lanes, but with cars parked it's almost impossible to get through the streets, finally out of the downtown & out by the water to the restaurant & our last meal overlooking the ocean.

Now it's time to find our way out of the city - fun!  Dropped off our rental car & they drove us back to the bus terminal for our 5 hour wait for the overnight bus to Cancun! this bus terminal is about as bad as the one in Cancun, except no place to check luggage & no McDonalds.  We stocked up on water & a few snacks & waited for our bus, which of course was late.  Once the drunk on the bus settled down we were on our way about 8pm. Of course we now have our 2 customs stops. Belize is very simple, but going through Mexico is fun again, of course. They have a simple red light, green light system. You push a button - green light means you go right through, red means they search - & I do mean search your luggage! One passenger right behind Ron got searched. Finally we are on our way again & when we can get the drunk back to sleep, I'm out until we get to the airport, at least this time we don't have to go to downtown Cancun, just the airport. Of course, nobody knows where Delta flies from & nobody speaks English. so we hang around the lobby, there is one restaurant that of course is outrageously expensive, but we had breakfast. Again we have a wait from about 5am til 11 am when Delta finally opens & we can check our luggage, & go through security. There is a food court here, but again food is crazy expensive & like everywhere in Mexico you get change in pesos. Since I don't ever plan on retuning to Mexico, I really don't want many pesos left. Finally we board our plane & we are  on our way home. So may wonderful memories, a few not so wonderful that I will definitely remember so I don't make those mistakes again, & a definite plan to return to Belize as soon as we can for a longer stay. We miss the beautiful country & people already. So many friends made in such a short time. We have definitely found our special place on earth!