caye caulker

we arrived in belize in short time. it is strange to hear everyone speaking english and there are a more diversity of people here. the caribbean folk look african american and that makes it feel more like america too, obviously. its a little more modern and there are more american brands and itsmore pricey here too. we made some mac and cheese in the hostel last night. today we sat at the dock and on the beach and had huge yummy fruit smoothies until a huge 'hurricane' swept through for a brief storm. there is really amazing snorkeling and diving here. we almost signed up to get diving certified today, but the classes wouldnt start for anotherfew days and the prices are the same if not more than in the us. so we are going to snorkel with manitees, sting rey and the big fish and sea turtles! we may take a 3 day and 2 night sail boat trip from our island down to placencia in southern belize. if you don't hear from me...hopefully that's what i'm doing.