It rained during the night fairly significantly and the morning started out looking fantastic. It was a shame that we were leaving as it would have been a good day to get out on the water. Riding in the water taxi the seas were mostly smooth. I had sat all the way to the front and was able to see out the front windows, we actually passed quite a few other islands or cayes along the way that had sizable development.
I’m going to say that Covid testing is a waste of money and resources. You can travel all over the US without being tested or vaccinated. Citizens returning to the US have to pay to get tested by people who really don’t want you to be positive. I suppose it does help the economy in the tourist industry make up some of their losses from the shutdown.
We made the 9 am water taxi to Belize City. It was more like the 9:15. It was full boat. I don’t think that they run a tight schedule. The trip over was late getting away from the dock as well. We had a long travel day with an hour and a half on the water taxi and then a long taxi ride to the airport. After that flight one was two hours and forty minutes and the second was two hours and three minutes. We did have an hour and forty five layover but the first half is going through customs.
We made our first flight with a bit of a wait at the airport. It wasn’t too bad though we had lunch there and the seating was sorta comfortable. The flight left a little early and we made it to Houston a little early and had to wait on the tarmac for a gate.
We made good time going though the Mobile passport control though when we got to the window he didn’t have the machine to scan our receipt. Security ran some of my stuff a second time for some reason it was kicked out and the guy just looked at the x-ray said there’s no reason for it and sent my stuff through again.
We made our gate with a little time before boarding and are now on the plane. With luck we will be in STL in a couple hours.
Traveling with Emily! 