This trip is already winding down, we didn’t do as many adventures on this trip as we have on other trips. The water is rough and can be cool at times. There aren’t big enough waves for boogie boards, the water is just choppy. Choppy water also makes for cloudy water so visibility is lower.
The other day we did a hour boat ride out to an island/caye (key) and snorkeled around it. We had a young gal in our group that was not a very good swimmer and initially she tried going without a life jacket, I think since Emily and I had not wanted one. She ended up needing one, shortly after starting out she fell behind and it took a little bit to get going again. To be fair the water was pretty rough. I debated if it was worth going myself after I had swum back to check on her. It probably wasn’t in the end but it was good to be in the water for a while.
There were a few lobsters and a barracuda, the lobsters were not very easy to see even with some picture enhancement. Mostly I got pictures of Emily swimming. She said that our readers have seen plenty of those already. But here’s a few more.
The tour usually goes to a second location after lunch but because the water was so rough they opted to stay in the same place and about half of the people didn’t snorkel including us. It was nice to just hang out and enjoy the sun and fresh air. After we went to see sharks, rays and turtles. It was horrible. I stayed in the water only for a short time. I had gotten in and seen a fairly large eagle ray and a few nurse sharks and I only seen shadows where the turtles were at and most of that was probably the mob of people swimming around trying to see them, so I went back to the boat.
There hasn’t been a lot to write about as it’s been pretty laid back. We went into Placencia village a few time, swam in the ocean from the resort beach and in the pool. We have seen a few things off the beach here but not a lot.
I don’t think the trip has been too fast or too long. It’s been good to have time to relax. It would be nice to find a location that always has good water for snorkeling and diving, but also have a good area to walk around and restaurants to try. Supposedly the water is better in the summer, though last time we came to Belize in May/June I only got one day that the dive company went out. We will have to see. The sargassum does also come here then as well.
Here’s some more random pictures from our trip to the village yesterday.
Sounds like I will be coming home to subzero windchills. That’s going to be a big change from what I’ve been used to. At least I have a few days before I have to go back to work.
Be safe.
Traveling with Emily! 