Caye Kaulker

this weekend was amazing!

We had a weekend excursion to Caye Caulker. A little gem of the careivean coast of Belize! White beaches, Belizian culture, and cheap local rum. I honestly kinda thought our hotels would be not that nice, considering it a small island with 70+ students piling in for a weekend. We get there, and it's a resort. Me and my roomate had a beach front suite with a HUGE luxury, a comforter. In Dangriga we only have a single sheet since its so hot anyways. So basically, LOVE YOUR BEDS PEOPLE. Most of the world has no clue what a down pillow is. It's such a luxury.

But anyways, back to the point. This island was stunning. After checking in, we hit the hotel bar. Alcohol I figure will be expensive since its imported, however the Caye sells local rum, so it's super cheap! About  $2 a shot. I was pretty excited. Our bartender was probably annoyed we only got drinks w the cheap stuff. Oh well. Smirnoff here is about $12 a shot and the prices go up. Anything American is always really high end in prices.

The night life was so fun! We went to a reagee bar that at first only played that style of music, then the DJ decided to play Taylor Swift... Not so fun and authentic. We cleared out and went home kinda early because we had snorkeling at 9 am. After a solid 8 hours of sleep, we met up at the dock for our tour! I SWAM WITH A SHARK. Seriously almost freaked out but got it together  thank god. We had the chillest tour guide ever who made fun of my "barbie" self but hopefully it was in all good fun-probably not though.

After snorkeling we went to the split! In the 1960's a hurricane ripped through the island and actually created a channel of water that separated into two bodies of land. So typical optimistic belizians threw up a swim up bar and called it even with nature. I can't even describe how much fun this place was! I'm dragging my big sister back when she comes! Tons of Americans and Australians come here to vacation along with locals so the environment is very comfortable but different at the same time. So cool getting to talk with people who had traveled around the world. We met a man who had worked for the UN and traveled all around. He told us to follow our dreams and travel as much as possible. So now I'm seriously considering taking off in between undergraduate and MBA to see the world. But that's just me dreaming out loud I suppose.