Escape Away.... Belize ( San Pedro)

 We ESCAPED..... it was -12 and I was done with it - so!!! we jumped a plane or two, a water taxi, and golf cart - and we went to San Pedro, Belize, Central America.

I will admit - the Central America thing did not register in my brain until I saw the C.A  and it did not mean California!!!

Who has been to Belize? To San Pedro?

it was a brand new experience for me - and I loved it- 

We arrived into Belize City from Houston - to stand in the Immigration and Customs line for 2 1/2 hours - that part.... Keeelllllled me!!!

But the cool thing is you do your customs online before hand - so you just show them a QR code with your passport - easy peasy.

We were traveling to San Pedro, Ambergris Caye - so we either needed to take a puddle jumper plane or a Water Taxi - I decided the Water taxi to get there, plane to get back. After traveling for 12 hours - that might not have been the best decision - the Water taxi took another 1 1/2 hours and the flight would have been 15 minutes - but its all good - we were on Vacation!!!

On the Caye - the main mode of transportation is GOLF CARTS!!! Too much fun, and a lot of crazy driving!!

We are in a golf cart - following the guy in front of us. He was the Caretaker of the VRBO we were staying in, and!! Our luggage driver!! Also - he knew we had no clue where to go!!

The quilter in me was drawn in by the colors - Look at that pretty teal ish greenn color - and Yellow!!! ( which is the RSC color but I didn't know it at the time!!)

We quickly learned to Navigate the roads - and just jump in - no real signals and only a VERY few stop signs exist there - also - the local beer is Belikin.... and it is MUCH cheaper than anything brought in from another country

We ARRIVED!!! This is our own little beach and oh man you all - it was HEAVEN!!! For a country girl I was a little worried about crowds and noise - but this place we rented - AMAZING - you had your own beach!!

And our Caretakers wife - she cooked for us. I love her, I asked her to come home with me, Sadly - she declined - apparently she is not a fan of snow or cold or , well, leaving her family ( sigh)

We decided our First day would be just to hang out on our beach and see what we could see:

Not a bad way to start your morning. and yes - I am wearing sandals; I am a weird one and I don't like feeling things on my feet ( like sand) 

Guess how many days it took for me to just walk barefoot???

That is our house - we stayed on the top floor. The caretaker and his family live on the bottom floor. and we had a Paddleboard, a kayak, we brought our own snorkeling gear and did it all off of our beach - SO SUPER COOL to us!!!

Another view from our Beach.

When I travel - I do like to learn about the culture - so it was great to have the caretaker. There are a lot of things I don't think about living in America - like food - we have so much of it all the time.

There really aren't Seasons anymore when you have a grocery store - there? Lobster season ends 2/28 - so they won't have lobster from the island until it is in season again. Which will increase restaurant prices as they will have to import it from another country.... Interesting.

We have been complaining about eggs and produce - my sad was that avocados in the US doubled ( to like $2) in price - she said they rarely pay less that $4 per avocado.... That shut me up!!

Anyways Day 1? 

Awesome - 

We were cooked for, we played in the ocean, we had a beer ( okay the boys had a beer - I am allergic) 

and I read a Book - A WHOLE book..... that's usually a 3 week task around here!!

Proof that I read!!!  ( and yes I did start it on the plane - but Seriously - I finished it!!)

its about a Grandma and Granddaughter switching lives and it is SOOOO good!

All while it was snowing and blowing and I was feeling bad for my Chore people - but not that bad to come back!!!

Oh and Nann - that is why there were no comments haha - Internet/Wifi/ Cell service... not as easy as one might think ;-)