Sailing!

We wanted to take a boat from Belize to Honduras that left from a town called Placencia. Placencia was an hour water taxi followed by a 7 hour bus from Caye Caulker... which didn´t sound too fun. So as were were wandering the street in Caye Caulker we noticed a very interesting sign. Ragamuffin tours was offering a 3 day sailing trip to Placencia! It was goiing to arrive Thursday night, just in time for the weekly shuttle to Honduras (Friday morning only!). Everything seemed to perfect, so we jumped at the opportunity and are so glad that we did!

We had such a good time sailing down to Placencia. There were 16 passengers and 3 crew members on a 45 foot sail boat... a little packed but we slept on Islands. Every day we had about 3 beautiful snorkeling stops, got to fish if we wanted to, and enjoyed good food. Actually, incredible food! Breakfasts and lunches were really good, your standard eggs and toast and sandwhiches... but dinners really stood out! We caught a baracuda one day and some lovely barracuda steaks were served up that night! The next night Miguel, our captin, cook, mechanic, fisherman... etc. really outdid himself (He is in the picture with Miranda). We had garlic covered Grouper with shrimp salad and conch ceviche, served with mashed potatoes and garlic bread. (as well as all you can drink rum!) It was so good that both Miranda and I asked for a little more... only to get a second meal!

We made a lot of new friends, some of whom we are meeting up with tomorrow on the Honduran Island of Utila. The sailing has to be the highlight of our whole trip so far!