You Better Belize It!: Lime Caye: Our own private island for the weekend!

Saturday and Sunday:

We hopped on a bus into Punta Gorda Saturday about 7:15 am to begin our weekend journey.
Michael, one of the Pharmacy Students from Drake, had worked out a sweet deal with Dennis, a local man whose family owns Lime Caye, and brings groups of people out to the Caye for trips.
We had an 1 1/2 hour boat ride to the Caye, the water was much smoother than it was on our trip to Guatemala, there wasn't much bouncing, just splashing, and getting wet.
When we arrived to the Caye, a storm was just rolling in and we had to jump off the boat and find shelter quickly. Lunch wasn't for a couple hours, so we all went around the island and claimed beds to sleep in for the night. Stacey (the new PT) and I ended up in a nice 1 room hut literally on the water. There was a balcony on the front side.

Our Room

Storms coming in....

The View from our room

Holding some fish- Barracuda for every meal all weekend :)- note: I did not catch these

We went snorkeling Saturday afternoon for an hour and then went trolling for more fish for dinner, the boat captain/driver Mikkal- caught two fish. Snorkeling for 30+ minutes was interesting, my feet were tired from kicking with the fins that I was using, and then I kept swallowing water through my oddly working snorkel. Needless to say, there is only so much salt water you want to drink before calling it quits!
When we got back to the island, we all hung out, waiting for dinner, and enjoying the clear water and the views.We had a delicious meal for dinner; fried barracuda, chicken, rice and beans.Then we all hung out under the pavilion where the food was served and on the beach, playing card games and talking.
When we headed to bed, it was already storming in the distance- I even watched the lightening come in- the lightning is not scary if there is not thunder following it I decided. But when it came time to sleep, our little hut had air circulation if there was a breeze outside, especially when it was storming, but then the rain was coming in through the windows, so there had to be compromises made. I didn't sleep much that night, but that's okay because I had the majority of the day Sunday to take naps on the beach!

Thank goodness Sunday turned out to be a gorgeous day. We had breakfast at 7am, fry jacks, eggs, and fruit. Then it was nap time on the beach. We went the coast guard reserves island to have a educational talk about the reef- but that lasted about 5 minutes. Then Mikkal brought us to a ship wreck site to do more snorkeling. When we returned to the beach, there was lots of relaxing to be done!
I finished a whole book this weekend, got a nice sun burn and took lots of fun pictures on the beach! I even tried relaxing a bit :)