Belize: Wednesday, Day 4 of Our Cruise
Today began with NO Coffee being delivered to our room. This was not Princess’ fault! I had forgotten
to check coffee on the room service request. So I just put on some “go-get-coffee”
clothes, made my way to the 15th floor, got two cups and some fruit
and did our own “room service”. This
would hold us until we got to breakfast. We decided to go into Belize on the
tender boats. Belize does not have a
dock for cruise ships and requires passengers to use the “approved” contracted
local catamarans which hold at least 60-75 folks. We took our time before leaving, went to
breakfast and then took the elevator to the 5th floor for our “tender
tickets”. We did not have to wait long for the next boat and we were off.
The weather this morning was cloudy and mild. It started to rain a little later in the
day. We arrived to the port amid the
loud music of cafes, a vendor offer free rum punch samples (at 10am???) and
tour operators’ shouting about their (very expensive) local tours. We walked around a while and found a store
that sells “bamboo” sheets. That’s
right, bamboo. Bamboo produces some of
the softest material I’ve ever seen. 
With
that contribution to the local economy, we made our way back to the tender and
found two seats that would keep us dry on the way back to the ship. I met a couple of birders from Houston on the
return ride. They were relatively new to Houston and asked about where to go
birding. I gave them some of my favorite places including Kleb Woods and the
Katy Prairie. I invited them to come with me on one of Kleb Woods famous
Wednesday “bird walks.”
With
that contribution to the local economy, we made our way back to the tender and
found two seats that would keep us dry on the way back to the ship. I met a couple of birders from Houston on the
return ride. They were relatively new to Houston and asked about where to go
birding. I gave them some of my favorite places including Kleb Woods and the
Katy Prairie. I invited them to come with me on one of Kleb Woods famous
Wednesday “bird walks.” |
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| I passed on the Wet Lizard! |
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