A cute and trendy bar at the northern end of Caye Caulker near the cut.

I think we were their (The Lazy Lizard) oldest patrons

We found these guys by accident. We were exploring in the dinghy and saw a sign saying “No Fishing”, the next minute the dinghy was surrounded by these large Tarpon obviously looking to be fed. We returned a couple of days later to show the dancing lizards (Eli and Marla) and were informed by a guy on shore that there is a large underwater cave entrance just near the shore that is supposed to be one of the largest in Belize. The Tarpon live in and around the mouth and the lady who owns the property feeds them.

The adventure dogs making themselves at home in our cockpit. They provide our ‘dog fix’ (we miss you Rhodes).

Another project completed - a method for Sue to get back in the dinghy after swimming/snorkelling - a step (the white strip between John and the dinghy)

It works a treat

A typical Belizean fishing boat with tattered sails, traditional canoes and this one had mum and a toddler who gave me a wave as they went past.

Time to leave Caye Caulker and head a couple hours north to San Pedro to book out of Belize and commence our journey north to Mexico. San Pedro has a reputation for poor holding (shallow sand over coral rock) and after investigating the anchorage found it to be shallow with dive boats, local fishing boats and ferries constantly moving behind and in front of us. We dropped the anchor and dragged 20m backwards when trying to set it but it caught and held well. We all ventured into the TMM dock, which is a charter boat company. They had 3 Leopard catamarans there, all for sale as they are shutting their doors in about a month. Sad for the really nice guys who work there. We then had a quick and hassle free checkout. First to Immigration who stamped our passports for exit the following day. They took our crew list, stamped it and made 3 copies (1 for us, one for Customs and one for our next port of call) and took a copy of our boat registration. Cost = BZ$80. Then on to Customs, who took the copy of our stamped crew list and the Belize Ships Report and gave us our zarpe to Key West. Time for a late lunch!

The anchorage at San Pedro. Beautiful clear aqua water. Not a lot of room at the northern end but supposed to be more sand and better holding.

Lunch at ‘Hurricanes’ Restaurant, San Pedro, Belize. (Lt to Rt - Sue, Dan, Ruth, Eli and Marla)

One final Belize sunset - looking west over San Pedro 

Tomorrow we head north again.