Beaching our way to Belize City

 July 5, 2022

After two short days we were checking out of Colinda Cabanas 

and heading to Belize City. The last ferry to the mainland is at 5pm, so we decided to spend one last day on the beach before making our way inland. Caye Caulker, the island we were staying on, was actually split in two by Hurricane Hattie in 1961. There is what's called The Split at the north end of the island. There's a small ferry that brought us,and our bikes, across to the other side for 5 BZD ($2.50 US). You could easily swim across because the divide is so small, but our bikes and bags definitely would not have made it. After getting off on the other side we biked to KoKoKing, a beach resort that multiple locals had recommended to us. We got a shady beach cabana for $12 US and sprawled out for a day of sun and sand. KoKoKing had a huge cocktail menu which included many different tequila drinks to choose from. My favorite was the King Beach Margarita, which was frozen with mango and a tangy red salt. I also tried a tequila cocktail made with grilled pineapple, but the KoKoKing proved the best. 

We relaxed for the entire afternoon here before biking, ferrying and biking again to get our bags at Colinda Cabanas. We were almost back when the skies opened up and the rain poured down on us. We pedaled on but arrived absolutely soaked. We waited out the rest of the storm underneath our cabana (they're built up on stilts) and within 5 minutes were on our way to the water taxi that would be taking us to Belize City. Since we were soaked we decided to sit underneath the boat as opposed to on the top deck. In about an hour we'd reached Belize City. We hopped in a taxi to our airbnb and upon arrival had to laugh at ourselves. We had taken a taxi less than 2 blocks 😂 We were initially planning to fly to Belize City so I mapped the route from the airport, not the water taxi terminal, and found that it was quite far. I'd written in our document that we needed to take a taxi so here we were🤦‍♀️ Our driver, Earl, was really nice about it though and did not overcharge us. After checking in we both showered. Unfortunately the restaurant below our airbnb, 501Hub, was closed, and we were told not to walk around in Belize City after dark, so we went across the street to the patio at the Radisson and ate pizza, salad and french fries- we are American after all. 

We enjoyed another early night and were in bed by 1030. We keep telling ourselves that one of these nights we'll experience the Central American nightlife, but not yet.