Thursday, June 12th
We had a slow relaxing day. We were supposed to go on two dives but the wind made the waves too rough to boat out to the dive sites. At least there was a nice breeze and a great view from our rental house's balcony. Boogs and his friend sat inside playing video games for a good portion of the day. My husband took the time to get in some extra sleep.
I read a book on the balcony and watched a dock being built two houses over. It was really neat to see the posts being set and the water pumped out of the posts.
They made a lot of progress on the deck throughout the day.
Since we were leaving on Saturday, we would not be able to dive again during this trip. Johnny, who we did dives with earlier in the week, came by our rental to sign our dive books and settle our account. We met him at the dock and then a squall came in and we all ran for the house. We chatted for almost an hour while we waited for the weather to clear. He told us there is no public high school on Ambergris Caye. Parents have the choice of paying for private high school, having their child ride the 1.5 hour ferry (each way) to Belize City every school day, or having their child board in Belize City for the school week and come home to the island on weekends. Johnny told us he pays $460 a month tuition for private school on the island for each child. He said it was best for his family. I'm with him, I could not imagine having to be on a boat three hours a day just to go to school or having my child live off island for most of the time.
It rained off and on throughout the day.
The weather calmed down later in the day and the beautiful blue skies reappeared. Unfortunately, we were not able to do any afternoon diving.
After the rain stopped, we took the golf cart into town for a late lunch. We stopped at La SanPedrana Bar & Grill. When we walked in, I stopped to wash my hands while everyone else sat down. My husband and the boys picked a table with a great view but only three chairs. They thought they were very funny. I had them move to a bigger table. Lunch was really good.
I love this picture of Boogs. He was looking out at the view while we waited for our food. His hair always get more blond during our vacations.
Of course we had to stop at the Belize Chocolate Company. Last year, we toured a cacao farm in Fiji and learned all about the process of making chocolate.
The chocolates were delicious! We each had two pieces. I had a strawberry milk chocolate piece and a caramelized coconut dark chocolate piece.
On the way back out to our rental, we stopped at a resort and wandered through the shops for awhile before driving out the the house. We passed by Rose Spa and the massage therapists were outside and asked if we wanted to get one of their massages. We dropped the boys off at the rental and then my husband and I went back for one hour massages. It was a lovely treat.
There was another beautiful sunset.
We enjoyed our unscheduled day but were still a bit disappointed not to be able to scuba dive. We want to try to get in as many dives as possible on our trips because we only get to go diving once a year.
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