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Our friend Emma organized a trip to Caye Caulker with several of our other friends to celebrate her 40th birthday. |
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We love Caye Caulker (and Emma), so we jumped at the chance to go. |
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Checking out the area at The Split... |
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Oli, Pam, Amanda and Emma |
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It happened to be the same weekend that some friends of ours were playing on the island also. |
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Blues International at The Split sign - Mickey Mercury, Steev Inglish (aka Mr. Downchild) and Trevor Wall (from left to right). |
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Emma's Swedish and IKEA inspired birthday cake |
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Happy Birthday, Emma! |
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We enjoyed watching our friends play some great blues music for a while. |
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We went to several other bars, and somehow Pam ended up with the birthday crown (and took total advantage of it). |
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Just a guy hanging out in his Speedos. |
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There was even some night swimming. |
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Birthday girl Emma looking good on our boat excursion the next day. |
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Coco King is a relatively new establishment on the north part of the island, and we stopped there for lunch and a swim. |
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Then we headed out to the reef to go snorkeling at a couple of different spots. This is Shark Ray Alley, and we saw several nurse sharks and rays there. |
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Rays |
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Forgot to bring the GoPro, so we didn't get any underwater photos. |
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Waves breaking on the barrier reef. |
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Coral as seen from above the water. |
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Some of the ladies hung out and walked around the island tagging it with stickers for Emma's business. |
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Emma putting her stickers on the back of a sign with several other stickers. |
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It seemed like a good place that people would see a lot, because who wouldn't walk up to it to see about Mandingo Sex Machine!? (We actually met this guy later in the evening, lol.) |
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Beautiful skies nearing sunset! |
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Pelican party on the dock at Iguana Reef Inn. |
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The seahorse habitat there is much smaller since they expanded their beach, and we didn't see any seahorses. |
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Our musician friends played at The Split again in the late afternoon/early evening. |
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There was even a nice bonfire. |
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We all joined up later, and Amanda took her turn wearing the birthday crown. |
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Emma's boyfriend, Gilly, brought several (eco-friendly) lanterns to light and release. |
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Some didn't rise like they were supposed to. |
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Others floated off into the night sky and were beautiful. |
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Cheryl attempting the splits at The Split. |
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Luckie attempting the splits at The Split - gotta love his face!!! |
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We had to get a pic of Eric with this manatee sign because of his "run in" with a manatee - sorry, another private joke. |
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69 dolphins, lol! |
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We found it to be a funny design they picked for their wall. |
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The following morning half the group headed back on Gilly's family's boat. |
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Half of us went back on the water ferry to Belize City (then drove to Hopkins). |
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Amon brought his computer so he could play games in the down time, like on the ferry boat ride. |
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We had a couple of fun detours on the drive back to Hopkins. This pretty sky was seen leaving our last detour to the Jungle Dome outside Belmopan. |