It is never easy to spring out of bed when the alarm goes off at 3:30am... unless you know you're about to hop a flight to Belize for eleven days. That's how our day started. The car service came at 4am to bring us to LaGuardia and we were on our way!
The trips from LaGuardia to Miami and Miami to Belize City were fairly uneventful. But the trip got monumentally more interesting when we saw that the trip from Belize City to San Pedro Island would be made by a little 8-seat puddle jumper! Andy, who is not so fond of small planes, was most surprised when the one extra passenger they didn't have a seat for was allowed to climb into the co-pilot seat. Andy prayed he wouldn't get curious and push any buttons.
We arrived at the Phoenix Resort (http://www.thephoenixbelize.com/) and were amazed that the resort looks EXACTLY like the photos on the website. We were greeted with a tropical drink, tour of the grounds, and the exciting news that we had been upgraded to a 2-bedroom condo. The place was huge. Two massive bedrooms, including two huge bathrooms , a large balcony with lounge chairs, and a table with seating for 6 (in case we made friends), and a comfy livng room, also with balcony access. The condo came equipped with flat-screen tvs, purified water, full kitchen (stove, oven, microwave, fridge, freezer, garbage disposal, pots, pans, plates, etc.). A dishwasher, washing machine and dryer, and sweeeeeeet hot tub were also handy additions to the room. Immediately, we headed down to the pool. Belize was pretty warm, so even I went into the pool to cool down. Frozen mojitos in the pool? Don't mind if we do.
We took a walk along the beach later for some food ad stumbled into Caliente's, where we enjoyed chicken quesadillas, tacquitos with four different types of hot sauces and salsas, and "Dirty Bananas", a banana daquiri with a little kick and some tasty chocolate accents. YUM.
Grocery shopping in the afternoon was interesting, as we figured out what kinds of food Belize does or doesn't have, as well as tried to figure out what everything actually cost. ($1 US = $2 Belize, so we had to remember not to be sticker shocked when we saw that juice was $15). This would make for some easy (and cheaper) breakfast and lunch options throughout our stay.
Dinner was at Fido's, a nice walk down the beach. We had an amazing popcorn shrimp for an appetizer. I got a lime glazed chicken with potatoes and vegetables with a strawberry banana daquiri while Andy enjoyed English fish n' chips and a banana daquiri. This was definitely going to be a good week for eating and drinking. Especially when we popped open our first Belikin Beer (from Belize) that night. Amazing.
We were asleep by 9:00, Belize time.
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