Corozal

After three hectic days in Mexico, we have arrived and begun to settle into Belize. Our first stop has been Corozal: we arrived yesterday and are staying at the Sea Breeze Hotel, a cheap little spot across the street from the bay. The pace here is noticeably slower and more relaxed than in the big centres of Quintana Roo, Mexico (Cancun, Chetumal etc).  The people here are wonderful, most speak spanish (we're only 8 miles from the border), but they all speak creole and English as well. Our hotel is managed by a Welsh expat named Gwynn, who is quite pleasant in the morning and gets steadily crankier as the day goes on. This town is a really neat multicultural place - there are also many Chinese and Indian families, too.

The town itself looks just like you might imagine a small Caribbean town would look. Because of its English history, some parts of town look like Oak Bay, but with a few less palm trees (Tor's joke).

Ok, on to more interesting things (it's Torrie again, we've been alternating every few sentences), THE WATER IS GLORIOUS!  Our hectic few days in Mexico, included too many buses (some of whom ripped us off), a few taxis (some of whom ripped us off - learning curve?), hostels miles from the water, and uber-inebriated Australian party-animals. The Corozal life goes as follows: fresh fruit from the market for breakfast, lounging on the dock, quick swim, a stroll uptown to a Maya ruin that's literally in the middle of a neighbourhood, longer swim, empanadas for lunch, really long swim, game of crib, another walk through town, a swim so long the locals start to wonder if we're alright, beans and rice for dinner, lounging and reading after dinner. Bed at 8pm... Tough, I know.

Tomorrow, we plan to head on to Sarteneja. Sateneja is a small fishing village down the coast a little ways. There is a place to stay called "Backpackers Paradise," so we aim to find out whether it lives up to it's name. We'll let you know when we can, so long for now.


Love Lisa and Torrance

P.S. some pictures: