Hoping to wrap things up in this post�.we stayed 13 days so there was an awful lot to cover. Fishing with Capt. Bicho truly was the highlight of our trip� and the next two days were anticlimatic�.almost melancholic, for we knew our time in paradise was approaching an end.
The girls had their hair braided by Armancia, who we found through the activity center located at Banyan Bay. She was not only good but quick!! My daughters happen to have extremely thick hair & lots of it which in the past took 3-4 hours to braid. Armancia did their hair in 45 minutes to an hour!!! This was great because we didn't want to miss out on any time we had left in paradise. Armancia did a great job as you can see by the pics�
https://www.ofoto.com/PhotoView.jsp...oid=584183951105&collid=817053951105 https://www.ofoto.com/PhotoView.jsp...oid=383483951105&collid=817053951105 https://www.ofoto.com/PhotoView.jsp...oid=881288951105&collid=817053951105 We spent our last day�taking in the last of paradise. We saved our last meal for Rico's and it worked out well with Armancia finishing up Kaitlin's hair. Rico's was known for it's steak as per Pauly from Pauly's pizza�and after our disappointment in beef up to this point, we thought we'd get our fix at Rico's. It was a great decision�the restaurant was fabulous�great service, wonderful view and most of all�terrific steak!!! We both ordered the filet mignon which was tasty and satisfied the meat & potato yearning Tom had had most of the week. We had dessert at the ice cream shop in town & celebrated our last night with BnBelize & her family drinking jello shots and eating warm tapioca pudding while playing a game of dominoes which this family had never really played before!!! It was fun�although the jello shots had Goody's family at a disadvantage in the game of dominos!!! We ended the evening earlier than we thought knowing there was packing to do and that both families were departing the next morning. We said our goodbyes but knew that we'd most likely meet up at the airport in Belize City since our flights were about the same time. Realizing that we never actually got pics with each other�we made a point of taking a few to remember each other by. BnBelize & I had planned our trips together on this board, sharing some ups and downs & had become friends in doing so�.and it was nice to spend time together living the dream.
https://www.ofoto.com/PhotoView.jsp...oid=371588951105&collid=817053951105 The next morning we got up�moving around in silence�even the girls were unusually quiet. We decided to order our breakfast up to the room & enjoy it on our third floor balcony taking in the last of the view we would forever have etched in our minds. Tom was the only one who had actually had the opportunity to see the sunrise which he had captured in photo for those of us that didn't.
https://www.ofoto.com/PhotoView.jsp...oid=310073951105&collid=817053951105 We checked out and boarded our 11am flight at Mayan Air, looking back at La Isla Bonita one last time. The view from above was almost as beautiful as actually being there.
https://www.ofoto.com/PhotoView.jsp...oid=175688951105&collid=817053951105 Our trip home was long and we found ourselves traveling with heavy hearts. It seemed to take forever and by the time we walked in door, it was after 1am. We left our bags and crawled into bed. I woke up the next morning with a familiar song playing in my head�."last night I dreamt of San Pedro�.." wondering if it had all been a dream or had I actually been living it?