Heading north we made our way past Cay Chapel and decided we would not have enough money to visit this resort island - manicured lawns, immaculate gardens and 2 storey buildings, all very impressive. So we continued on to Cay Caulker and a free anchor spot in the bay on the western side.

Jose arrived from Placencia to stay with Marla & Eli for a couple of nights. We all dinghy’d into the Cay Caulker ‘Reception Centre’ dock (not sure what they do) but they were happy for us to leave our dinghy’s while we spent some time in town. This island is a holiday destination. They have express ferries from Belize City and San Pedro as well as a light plane airstrip, all of which run regularly. The front strip (eastern seaside of the island) is predominately restaurants, bars, jewellery and handicraft stalls, supermarkets and motels with a caribbean raster/creole feel. Very vibrant with mainly young American tourists. We stopped at the ‘Brisas del Mar’ restaurant for food, local beer (Belikin) and a ‘Panty Ripper’ (coconut rum and fruit punch) at a 3rd of the price of the Pina Colada at St Georges Cay.

A motel on Cay Caulker - Caribbean colour and style

High speed Express Water Ferry

The main street on the eastern side of the island (tourist strip - Marla, Eli & Jose filling the bill as tourists)

Belikin Beer and Panty Rippers, what a good way to spend the afternoon.

We will wait here until we have a good weather window to move north to Isla Mujeres in Mexico which looks as if it will be a week or more, according to advice from Chris Parker and reference to WindyTY. We are hoping to have WeatherTrack up and running on the iPhone shortly.