The Not-So-Luxurious Ferry

Belize - March 10, 2006

Earlier today we took the ferry that was going to take us to Puerto Cortes, Honduras. While we were in Caye Caulker we decided to pursue a shortcut to save time by taking a boat across the water. We were told that there was actually a ferry service which takes about 5hrs that left Dangriga, Belize. The idea of being able to relax on a ferry was a bit more appealing than the alternative of an all-day chicken bus ride on dirt roads through two border crossings (Guatemala and Honduras). That morning we could only laugh when we came to realize that the ferry was in fact a boat not much larger than the water taxi that we took to get to Caye Caulker. Needless to say, it was not very conducive to sleep much less work on our laptop.