Our Belizian excursion of choice was to go snorkeling in the waters that is home to the world's second largest/longest barrier reef. It sounded fun and exciting enough. We would go snorkel and see some cool stuff and then they would drop us off at this Sun Beach Resort for a few hours to just soak in the sun and relax. According to the cruise brochure, the resort sounded pretty spectacular with white sand beaches. Upon arrival, I made a sad face. The water didn't look particularly inviting and judging from the reaction of the people who actually went into the water, it was not good. You could see dark stuff in the water. I have no idea what it was. The other swimmers said the ocean floor felt slimy and gross. EEEWWWW! The place was not fancy at all. Not that fancy it what I wanted, but I wanted something remotely nice. It was just that. Remote and somewhat run down looking. The sand was unremarkable. It wasn't as super soft as I was hoping and dead plant like leaves were strewn around everywhere. Instead of beaching ourselves in the sand, we took over the hammock area and just swung around.
As for the snorkeling part. The fishies weren't very tropical or crazy looking. It was like swimming in a ginormous mundane and boring fish tank. Snorkeling in Maui was mos def a lot better. Here, they took us on a 30 minute boat ride to the middle of the ocean. In Maui, I merely snorkeled off the shore of the beach and was able to see the most beautiful and colorful marine life! I even saw and swam along with this gigantic sea turtle at one point. The highlight of my trip! The most that we saw here was this brightly colored baby sting ray and this big conch shell. Even though it wasn't visually stimulating, it was incredibly fun being able to swim around in the middle of the ocean. I felt so free. After ten minutes in the water, I stripped off my life vest and just started swimming around. One of the best feelings ever! I'm a pretty confident swimmer so I had no fear of being in the deep waters of nowhere. The water was amazingly clear and our tour folks were very friendly and extremely eager to show us the nooks and cranny's of the reef. I was having such a grand time swimming that I made it a point to be the last person to get back onto the boat. I wanted to keep on swimming! So I have a bit of a mixed reaction to this Sun Beach Resort and Snorkel shore excursion.
This lady found this big dead crab and she put it on her head. Scary! What if it was just playing dead. Eek!
This is the most nekkid that you'll ever see me. It's also the only bikini clad foto of me where my rolls and aren't so noticeable. Looky. I'm the headless swimmer.
The ugly fish.
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