Monday, October 12, 2009

Belize Bitch II. Paradise Found



You know what, I really wish I had the time to elaborate on the details of this trip but the fact is I don't. So here's basically what we did, what we ate every night and, what I saw. Real screen saver shit.


Excitement straight to dismay








We arrived at the island with ample time to catch dinner, actually we had no choice but to catch dinner. Fish on bitches.





10 min into it, a school of Tuna. All four lines tagged, one after the other.






The freshest sushi one can find, 20 min after the catch. The next day, we did it all over again.





Breakfast of champions






Out there, its a fight for who can grab a fish faster, you or the larger fish in the ocean (sharks.) Almost every fish caught came back bitten or body less.






Fucking rats


Before


After












Peace out



The occasional shipwreck


Hey pal, fancy seeing you here





Definitely paradise. When the sun goes down, its a whole other experience.

To be continued

Friday, October 2, 2009

We're In Belize Bitch



I'm now ready to elaborate on my recent adventure to Central America. After a week of detoxing from a shit load of beer, some extra curricular activities, all you can eat fresh fish, and a bit of family drama upon my return from island paradise, the dust has finally began to settle. Such is life.



I'm not exaggerating about the "shit load of beer" statement. We brought approximately 800 beers to the island split amongst 7 guys. That works out to be something like 114 beers per person, 19 beers per day give or take. Not to mention the occasional Bourbon, and Patron filled evenings. At the end of this trip I asked myself, was this more of an alcohol consuming expedition more so than diving and fishing? Depending on which guy you ask, probably yes.




My adventure led me and six other guys to Nick's house on Long Caye (key), a remote island 54 miles off the coast of Belize City. The island rests on the most easterly of Belize's three atolls where the diving rivals that of any in the world. My six travel compodres, Nick, Noel, Chucky Nookie, Lewis, Patrick, and Jeff are some of the coolest and funniest people around and if asked to travel with them again I'd do it in a heart beat.

The first day was spent in Belize city where we had to wait for one person to get in. I wont mention any names here "JEFF" but it turns out this person got hosed on his flights and the airlines managed to loose his luggage. We stayed at the fabulous Princess Hotel and Casino for one evening, truthfully its really all you can bare when being charged $1.00 to use the restrooms.



They do however pride themselves on their re fried beans, truly nothing like it. I opted to starve for this portion of the trip.



I'm actually glad we got to spend the day in the city, it gave me the opportunity to really see what Belize had to offer which was absolutely nothing.




Oh is he now?


So as we waited for that final person in our party to arrive, it was nothing but drinking and dominoes for all




So it goes



I signed on to this trip some 4 weeks in advance and the anticipation was ailing me, waiting for this cat to show up so we can take off to paradise was even worse. I'd like to share that pain with my fellow readers.

To be continued........