When we got to San Pedro the sun was actually out. Since we had left Corozal in some drizzling rain we were pretty happy about seeing the sun. This was promising. So we tied Capt. J’s boat to the dock and started to unload our stuff. The plan was to stay three nights so we checked in at the Mayan Princess (http://www.mayanprincesshotel.com/) which has been our lodging of choice in San Pedro lately. After we got settled in we all decided that we would just take Sunday and lounge around San Pedro since the sea past the reef looked a little rough with the wind whipping from the North. Capt. J and my parents hung out on our balcony while my boyfriend and I went down the beach to the Crazy Canuck’s bar to meet one of his friends Lara, who just launched her luxury bikini line Lemon Crush (http://www.lemoncrushbelize.com/), and have a few drinks. It turned out that the day just kept getting nicer so we sat out on the dock with our drinks and enjoyed the sun – we had all been missing it. When you walk around the town and people are wearing parkas and ski caps in Belize there is something very wrong.
That night we all took the boat over to the Palapa Bar (http://www.palapabarandgrill.com/) to have some drinks; by then it was dark and getting cold again. It was back to the hotel pretty early that night to try and warm up. Our attempt at fishing would happen Monday. Monday morning was beautiful when we all woke up but the plan was to eat breakfast and go out on the boat around 10am. We were all headed to the boat around 10:30 and at almost the exact time that our feet hit the dock the wind kicked up and the clouds rolled in. We were determined to catch a fish though so we all piled in to the boat and took off for the reef crossing.
As soon as we got outside the reef it was very clear that this would not be a warm ride. I had put my bikini on in the hopes that the weather would get better but it never happened. So we all made a mutual decision to troll close to Caye Caulker and then pull the lines in and hang out on Caye Caulker for awhile if we didn’t catch anything. Nothing even came close to hitting our lines on the way over so that was a bust. We crossed the reef again to get on the island, beached the boat and went on the hunt for something warm. We found a little place to eat soup which we all ordered along with hot tea. I was a site in men’s sweat pants, a swimsuit cover-up and my fleece jacket all over my bikini, but I was cold. We didn’t stay on Caye Caulker too long; it was about two hours later that we were back on the boat to get back to San Pedro. I stayed in the cabin for the ride back since my teeth were actually chattering out in the wind and I was happy that it was a quick ride back. That night we went out to Fido’s (http://www.fidosbelize.com/) for dinner and listened to live music for awhile.
After our hour long fishing experience this time we all decided there would be no more attempts at fishing outside the reef – it would have to wait for a warmer day. So my boyfriend and I flew back to Corozal on Tuesday afternoon while the rest of the crew stayed one more night. The tiny little plane we flew back in was the smallest plane I have ever flown in – it only had four seats which included the captain’s seat. It was a great ride back though and it was actually sunny when we got back to Corozal.