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Best things to do on Ambergris Caye

We love Belize. Especially Ambergris Caye and the town of San Pedro.

  • Amazing views
  • amazing colors
  • From the pier

If you have never even heard of Belize, I will start with some brief information about the country.  It is on the eastern coast of Central America situated between Mexico to the north and Guatemala to the south. They are independent and English speaking. The best part is that the Caribbean Sea is to the east. Ambergris Caye is the largest island of Belize and the town of San Pedro is on that island.  The main attraction is the Belize Barrier Reef as it is the second largest barrier reef in the world and visible from the island.

Once you land on the island, there are many great places to stay. There are places for every budget and every personality. I have another whole blog on our favorite places to stay. This one is on our favorite things to do – in no particular order.

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Coco Plum Island Resort

For our 30th wedding anniversary, my husband surprised me with a trip. He told me we were going to the Florida Keys first but he wouldn’t tell me where the second part of the trip would be.  ( I will blog about the Florida Keys part next because it was awesome and we found great places to eat and fun things to do.) So on October 31st we left the Keys and flew to Belize City, then we got boarding passes on Maya Air to Dangriga.  (This is a little town on the mainland of Belize, south of Belize City but not as far as Placencia.) Next we were picked up in a very nice van from the airport and driven out of town several miles down a dirt road to a boat dock. From there we took a boat 12 miles out into the ocean to the island of Coco Plum. They meet you at the dock with a moistened towel for your hands and then Alex shows you around the island while they take care of getting your luggage to the bungalow. Continue reading “Coco Plum Island Resort”

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Our favorite places to eat in San Pedro

We love San Pedro! And there are so many great places to eat.

This trip we visited in September and that is the off season in San Pedro. Many of the restaurants take some time off during this time of year.   So on our first day we walked down the beach to Amber Beach Bar and Grill which is on the beach in front of Carribbean Villas.  They have lobster quesadillas on the menu during lobster season  (Lobster season is from June 15 to February 13) and they are delicious. Continue reading “Our favorite places to eat in San Pedro”

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Favorite Places to stay in San Pedro

Instead of a day by day account, this time I will give you some lists of our favorite places to stay, restaurants to visit and activities to do.

We were supposed to be here a month ago but I didn’t realize my passport had expired until the night before. So very important tip: MAKE SURE YOU CHECK YOUR PASSPORT EXPIRATION DATE BEFORE YOU BOOK THE TRIP!!!!

So I had to try to re-book my flight and resort. The Xanadu resort was very gracious and held my reservation until I could get my passport back – which I did with an expedite fee.  So we ended up coming on Friday  September 21st. It is the off season so there are a lot less tourists here. Continue reading “Favorite Places to stay in San Pedro”

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Hawaii

We just got back from our second trip to Hawaii. This time we took our daughter Madelyn with us. She just graduated from college so this was her graduation trip.  Our last trip was for our anniversary two years ago.  Since I never updated the blog with that,  I am going to combine the two and give you our favorite places to stay, places to eat and things to do lists. On both trips  we broke the trip into two parts and stayed on both Kauai and Maui. Also on both trips we took a day trip and flew to O’ahu to go to Pearl Harbor. (More on that in the O’ahu post) Continue reading “Hawaii”