Back to the Mainland
Belize - March 07, 2006
Today we took the 7am water taxi from Caye Caulker in Belize back to Belize City. We saw the gorgeous sunrise from the dock as we waited to board the water taxi. The 45min boat ride was no less amazing. Even though we were a few miles off of the mainland the water was shallow allowing it to radiate and shimmer with amazing colors and contrast. Apparently, the bedrock extends several kilometers from the mainland at a near consistent 16.5ft. We were clipping along the calm water at about 30mph passing numerous sand bars, some just large enough for a small hut or bungalow to sit on. One of the larger micro islands had an 8' x 10' patch of grass that seemed completely out of place. Others simply did not have any land and the hut was merely built on stilts with a dock a few feet above the water and just large enough to moor a small motor boat. Once we arrive in Belize City, we'll make our way via bus towards Dangriga in order to take another water taxi to Honduras.
A Side Note...
The last few weeks have posed some unique challenges for both of us. One specific element that we are both finding difficult is trying to leverage how we capture our personal adventures and the non-profit adventures and projects. In a way, we both realize that they should be somewhat seamless. But at the moment we feel like we are both having an identity crisis in what we can talk about online and how much or little we should share when the experiences we are encountering don't relate exactly to the non-profit vision or a specific project. We really desire to be transparent in all that we do, and desire for this website to be no different in its transparency. So we have decided to incorporate our personal stories with our project blogs and experiences, some which you may have noticed in some recent blogs. Hopefully this will allow you all to experience a bit more of the entire experience (both the good and the challenging) with us. If you have any thoughts, comments or suggestions, we'd love to hear them.
-Lee and Patrick
dap said...Keep the personal stories coming! I am learning so much about a part of the world that I may never get to experience personally. I'm enjoying the stories very much. God bless!
Mike Pugh said...Yes. It's important that you paint the whole picture of your journey, and that includes non-profit work, downtime, challenging voyages, and profiles of interesting characters you meet. Remember, you don't have to be part of an official project all the time to effect positive change. Encounters with the Weed Man and others can also be profound. It'd be nice if site entries were tagged and grouped into categories (beyond countries). You could tag things "personal", "projects", "people", "reflections", etc. and visitors could drill down to what they want. Personally, I want it all. Your photos are beautiful and your stories remind me of my time on the road.
marcy said...will be taking ferry from honduras to belize in early June. did you guys (or anyone?), find a more direct, cheap route to get there? is there one from Puerto Cortez to Punta Gorda? does it go daily? thanks for any help.
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