Day 9 continued
This was a fairly long day, we left Half Moon Caye, went to the Blue Hole, caught the Barracuda, had him for lunch, yum and made it safely back to San Pedro. The two ladies (sisters} and Rick decided to leave on Sunday with Lisa instead of staying until Tuesday with me, Rachel & the "dudes" as scheduled & ticketed. Lori had promised to be rested and ready to go out with us on Sat. when we returned but did'nt. Lisa, Rachel & I had dinner at Michael's, overpriced and not that good, then went to Fido's. The dude's and Rocky, from the boat, joined us. After Fido's closed we went to the Jaguar Temple & danced the night away. Went home 2-3ish and the dudes went to Big Daddy's.

Day 10
Finally got my day of rest, slept until 11, got up in time to say good-bye to half of the group, then off to BBQ lunch at BC's with friends Ana & Eric and his sister Natalie. Fed bones to Charlie on the beach. The "dudes" rented a golf cart for the day and we agreed to pay for the ferry & drinks if they would take us to the Palapa. Tulu had come to visit(unfortunately due to the weather we had not been able to go out with him as usual) and he went with us in the golf cart. He said it was the first time he had been there via a golf cart. Brian, one of the "dudes" named me Miss Daisy. So---They were driving "Miss Daisy" that day. I am old enough to be his mother. The cart died as we reached the Palapa and we had to call for a replacement. After several drinks we left and went back to our home away from home, Changes in Latitude. Rachel & I had a wonderful dinner at Blue Water Grill. We wandered around town & shopped a little after.

Day 11
Weather still not co-operating so we decided to take the water taxi to Caye Caulker for the day. Lucked out & missed the 11:30 boat and got our own private boat over. A fishing boat picking up a charter in Belize City dropped us off. Had lunch at Rasta Pasta (great Conch Fritters) and Rachel shopped. It was very hot & I had to find a cool place to rest. Only mosquito bites I got were there. Regular water taxi back, oh what a difference. Dinner at El Patio, Tropical Chicken is great. Then back to Changes to get Lori who has promised to go out. Off to Crazy Canucks to hear the Punta Boys. We are told there are gang members from Belize City present to retaliate over a previous incident and find out the next morning I was dancing with one of them! Figures!

Day 11
Final shopping and have to leave, Boo, Hoo,it's never easy or fun. Board Maya Island Air at 2:30 for our 3:55 flight to Houston where I get off & am home but Rachel & the "dudes" have to continue to Denver. Luck out again with 1st class seat 1A. Captain announces we have 2hr. 10 min flying time to Houston. Salad is served and Captain announces we have a mechanical problem that will not allow us to fly over the Gulf of Mexico and we will be landing in Merida, Mx. Long story short, we were on the plane, on the tarmac for over 5 hours, parts arrived on another plane from Houston, installed, checked, not guaranteed, transferred to the other plane on the tarmac that brought the parts and quickly take off because the flight crew will soon be illegal to fly. Home safe a sound hours late for me but everyone else who had connecting flights obviously missed and were put up over night & sent home the next day. Customs had to stay late to meet our plane & from what I saw just sent everyone through, they wanted to go home also. All & all a great trip, how can Belize not be great. Yes the weather was not perfect and some of the group don't need or probably want to go back. Belize is NOT for everyone and I think Rachel has learned she cannot be the official "tour director" and just needs to go with those of us who know how to have fun and appreciate what there is to offer. Can't wait to get back! Wish it was tomorrow.

windbagger-

a thoroughly entertaining and informative read...
an absolute pleasure. thanks a million for
writing it.

your attitude restoreth my faith in humanity.
yes! there are people like us left (except i'd
have taken the coffee with cream and sugar - and
maybe even a shot of bailey's or kahlua).

i'm thinking about trying jambel's for dinner
a week from sunday (i've never been there)
could you elaborate on "yum, yum, yum"??

sincerely yers,

-elpolvo

Thanks for sharing your vacation with us. It's a very good post.

Life is all about learning, a continous
lesson.

Windjammer, if you were able to talk Lorie into going out and she actually did, WOW! Everytime I've been down, she says she's going to go out with us, but something always comes up & well, you know! I've snorkeled around the Blue Hole 3 times (always with the Formans) and it is some of the best I've ever seen (plus a little scarey when you look the direction of the 'hole' and see how dark it gets- woo-woo). Speedy is always good about going out with any of the snorkelers (did he ever tell you about the day he met the coconut tree???)and it sounds like you had some fun experiences. Hope to see you at the partee on 6/7?

Thanks for taking the time and effort to share. I enjoyed!

I LOVED your report!!!! See ya at the PARTEE!!! C

Hey Windjammer I really enjoyed your report as well!!! Looks like we are in the same kinda work too. I think what we need to keep busy (lol and :rolleyes: ) is if we ask captjeff to have satellite offices within our homes to promote his business.
Then we can go off to Belize every few months and he can retire there.
See you at the Texas Partee!

Chloe, NYGal, Seashell, and Fry69(were you born in 69 or did you graduate from somewhere then? I both graduated & had a child in 1969 so we could be the same age or you could be the same as my son), thanks for reading & all the positive thoughts. Elpovo-You got it right I probably should change my name from Windjammer to WINDBAGGER! As for Jambel's - Coconut Curry Shrimp/Chicken, Jerk Pork/Chicken it's all YUM! YUM! YUM! Have a great time on your trip. Rickcheri, Govikes & Denverdan, can't wait to meet you at the Partee. It will be fun. Hope, don't sweat turning 40, the 40's are pretty good years, 50's ain't so bad either. See ya at Papa's. Anyone arriving on Friday night & if so what are your plans? Maybe we could start the partee early.
Becky

Big OOPS & apologies, apologies, apologies! Cheri not Hope Happy, Happy, Birthday. Everything I said is true except it Sucks to get Old & confused! Senior Moments! Realized my mistake as soon as I hit the add reply button, does that count?
Becky

denverdan,sounds good to me ,,,the capt,would love to move to san pedro ,then I could invite all the board folks ,to come down to vist ???? what a lucky guy I would be, to have so many nice people around each week """""""""