Snorkel that was rained out yesterday is on for today although not so sure about the skies, this is the rainy season. First stop is breakfast at Omar's for our usual, which they remember. Omar has doubts about the weather too, but wishes us luck. We board the boat with 3 young people from Germany, & two young ladies from California, and we are off to our first snorkel site. the weather quickly takes a turn for the worse! really dark skies, wind & really rough seas. We stop at a small caye that is owned by Julian, a fly fishing guide (we find out later that he is our friend Pearl's brother) & his wife a Pennsylvania native & their son. they are very friendly. We are stranded there for several hours, kind of felt like Gilligan's Island, but what an adventure it turned into! this caye like all cayes is a part of the barrier reef. It is coral & sand. The walkways are made of large conch shells with gravel & a small amount of cement on top. There are shells everywhere, so even though it was raining, I was busy collecting shells for the grandkids. Found some really amazing shells, & some tiny crab-like creatures among them, that were pretty amazing to watch. I think they were sand fleas, now that I know what sand fleas look like. There were so many beautiful conch shells everywhere - their colors were amazing from light pink to a really bright vibrant pink to orange, I wished I had room to fit one in my luggage to take home. After getting soaking wet, while Ron was talking fishing with Julian, I joined them under the gazebo, for some wonderful hot coffee & a bite of hot homemade conch fritters. YUM! Spent some time talking to Julian's wife, getting her perspective on living in Belize, she has been here for 13 years & survived one hurricane that destroyed their island. She would do it all over again in a second. Finally a short break between storms, with another big one coming, so snorkeling is cancelled & we head back to Placencia, trying to beat the storm! Everyone else had another day & rescheduled their snorkel, since we were leaving, they refunded our total fees no questions asked, didn't even charge us for the gas they used that day. Couldn't help but think, it would never be that simple in the US.
Back to the room for a shower & our last happy hour & dinner at the Barefoot Beach Bar.
Enjoyed dinner - shrimp again! Why not a pound of jumbo shrimp & all the fixin' for $11US - I will miss those shrimp when I get home! A couple of local beers with Tom & Pearl & surprise the young ladies from California that we met on the snorkel trip dropped by for a picture & a drink! Lots of fun on our last night, we hated saying goodbye, but we already know we will be back soon for an extended stay! Off to bed with sweet dreams of beautiful Belize!
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