Per a suggestion, we opted to take our snorkel tour with Raggamuffin Tours. (A guy I know who lives in Belize -- on a farm somewhere in Belize -- suggested a lot of these things to me -- this tour and staying in Caye Caulker in general were just a few of his suggests we took and I have written about). Our snorkel tour started around 10:30am and we went out with about 18 other people. It took about 45 minutes on our sailboat to get out to our first stop:
Our first stop was coral garden: the tour guides talked about all the different types of coral we were seeing (lettuce looking, brain looking, etc.) B bought this Sony Underwater Cam which worked great but I was just continually snapping picture because it was hard for me to see the screen under the water and I didn't want taking pictures to take away form the experience.
The purple in the photo was the lettuce looking flat coral that flowed with the movement of the water.
B snorkeling.
Me snorkeling.
Please note: I wore a t-shirt to avoid getting burned... but see the areas above the water and the super white areas you can see? (aka my bum and upper thigh)?... because after this day trip, they were not white... they were red. {This girl got FRIED. Not to self: snorkel with a shirt, shorts, and a hat on. Good grief}.
Our second stop was "shark and ray alley" known for its {duh} sharks and sting rays. They have a feeding frenzy off of the barnacles attached to the bottom of anchored boats and get very close to you. It was an AMAZING experience.
Sting rays and sharks as promised.
SO COOL!
Oh you know, just making memories with my guy!
Our last stop was: Hol Chan Marine Reserve, this coral reef area is the 2nd largest only to the Great Barrier Reef in Australia. {Pretty cool to have seen the 2 largest barrier reefs in existence!}
Just a cute little sea turtle! {Something I didn't see in Australia!} OBSESSED!
This is arguably the best photo I took while snorkeling, an adorable turtle going up to the surface for air :)
Not only do they serve you lunch and such, on the way home we got to sail and enjoy some shrimp ceviche and of course, rum punch! SO FUN after a great day of snorkeling. On this part we also talked with a California couple about there vacation as well which was quite different from ours, starting in Guatemala. Overall it was a wonderful tour and day! I
We went to dinner at Rose's. We had walked by this restaurant previous days, saw the raw fish and meat sitting out in front, and were a little hesitant to eat here. But, upon talking with some of our local guides on the sailboat who said it is one of there top 3, we decided to hit it up. We are not huge fish fans and opted for one of the meat options (I think chicken). It was fun and delicious.
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