We are in Belice!!
Lara & Josh a Canadian couple had the original idea of getting married on a sand bar in Belice, and hired Del Sol to come document the adventure and the ttd to follow.
We LOVE adventures and the opportunity to come see a new place, and discover the underwater world was a must! so here we are, on the Belicean caribe, working.. (haha...!)
The adventure started driving 4 hours from Playa del Carmen to the Belice border, you have to do a few things in order to get "approved" to come to the country, like get an insurance for the car, and spray it for bugs, and of course get trough customs.
Still in Mexico, about to cross the border..
We made it to Corozal, this is where we are taking the flight to go to Amberguis Caye
While we wait to the flight, we found a bar, perfecto!!
A Belicean Beer was needed to aclimate to the new country!
Hola!!!!
Arrived to San Pedro
And had to take a boat to our hotel
This is where we will depart for our dives too, it's exciting!
My handsome guero on sunset light
We arrived early, so we could spend a few days exploring and enjoying the company of Toni and Phil, Matt's parents , here is Phil welcoming us, they got here a couple of hours before us
And Lara and Josh show up to say hello!
This is our room
And the view from it
The next day morning I went to town to buy some groceries, it's 60 miles away and the fastest (45 mins) way to get there is by boat
The town is very colorful, I only had 25 mins to find a grocery store and get some food, so no much time for photos
I was super tired after the long day yesterday to get to the island, so that afternoon I did nothing... nothing but read, nap and rest
Life is good from a hamac :)
Next day, we had to woke up at 4:45 am to get on the boat for the most amazing diving adventure
We are ready!
The water is gorgeous!. We hit the BLUE HOLE a World Wonder, I didn't take my camara there as I wanted to get comfortable with all the diving controls that you should pay attention to., we went down 144 ft., it was amazing!!! Matt as fearless as he is, had his camera and he made some incredible video, and photos:
Here's a diagram of the blue hole, basically it drops down and there are caves on the side of it, huge stalactites and stalagmatices make this place surreal
Matts photo
Matts photo
Matt's photo
This is me, trying to catch a "air bubble" that our dive master did for me, I didn't know Matt was taking the photo, so cool!
After the Blue Hole, we went to Half Moon Caye Wall, I have to say this is the MOST AWESOME REEF we have ever seen, only a poet could describe the beauty of it.
I learned that you need a red filter to compensate all the blue at that depht, so the actual colors can be appreciated, I didn't have that red filter.. :(
A mantarray flew by!
Matt and Phil
Matt's photo
After the first 2 dives, they took us to Half Moon Caye Park, to have lunch
Delicious local flavors at the table
The island is also a bird sanctuary, this little guy was reascue by the take care people after he fell from the nest
Hola!!
After luch we were ready to go for the 3rd dive of the day
Matt's photo
Matt's photo
Matt's photo
Matt was using a underwater flash system, the images he got are full of live and vibrant colors!, he was shooting manual, camara and flash, plus taking care of everything you need to be paying attention while diving., he is a true aquaman!
Matt's photo
Matt's photo
Matt's photo
Matt's photo
Matt's photo
Matt's photo
Matt's photo
Matt's photo
Matt's photo
And that was the end of the dive, after that we had a 2 1/2 hrs ride on the boat to get the San Pedro + a 30 mins ride on another boat to get to our hotel. I was cold, and sea sick, but amazed.. totally amazed with all the beauty I saw! It was worth it!!!
Today we woke up to a rainy day, Matt is out there on the sea, with Lara and Josh, looking for the perfect sand bar to have the wedding ceremony on friday. I'm here at the hotel lobby, making this blog post so you can see this magic underworld.
Weather is supposed to be back on "sunny " tomorrow, let's hope so!
:)
Be back soon with wedding stuff!!
SOL
