Away We Winnebago

We left Belize City Sunday and headed for Caye Caulker. It’s a very laid back place and we’re enjoying the pace after a few days in Belize City. Sunday was the start of lobster seasons and the local boats are bringing back a lot of bugs. We have caught a few via the sling but […]

Jaime and I took the bus to the Belize Zoo today. It seems to be well run and we liked the compact size since we tend to skim through museums and zoos eschewing the long winded tours. Tapir trying to sniff my lens.   Cute Cotamundi looked like he wanted to escape with us. The […]

Cpt. Jim and I took the bus into Belize City today for some boat supplies and food. The price was right at $2 each round trip for four different buses (old American school buses). If you have heard anything about Belize City I’m sure it has all been bad and no doubt it can be […]

We finally left Placencia on 6/7. We were starting to think that Placencia had some kind of vortex sucking us in and not letting us leave. Capt. Jim couldn’t believe the number of days that we had been tied up at the marina when he asked me. No question we will be back some day […]

The locals must have sacrificed enough chickens to the Mayan rain god because the sun finally came out yesterday. Jaime is starting to get into living on Island Time and is hopefully becoming less appetizing to bugs – Jim and I got there a while ago which he attributes to taking garlic pills but I […]

Still here in Placencia, Belize.  Tropical Depression Arthur passed through bringing lots of rain and high winds. We recorded 40 knots on the instruments but did fine tied up to the new docks they are building for the Placencia Yacht Club There’s a song called “Just Another Gringo in Belize” that mentions the gringo buying a […]

Island Time is currently anchored in Placencia Belize. We left the Rio Dulce on Monday and have made our way up here slowly. The picture below shows the winding limestone jungle covered canyon of the Rio Dulce.   The weather here is not great for sailing – thunderstorms and winds on the nose – so […]

We are enjoying our time here on the Rio. We’ve been doing a little work on the boat in the morning and then hanging out for most of day and relaxing. There’s a great hammock in the thatch roof ranchita next to the dock I like to read in and listen to the sound of […]

We have made it to the Rio and back to Island Time at Tortugal Marina – www. tortugal.com. The town of Fronteras is close by and features many little stores and open markets to stock up on supplies and food. The main road passes right through town with a choatic mixture of trucks, people, bikes […]