Route: Bus and Ferry from Guatemala to Caye Caulker - Chetumal, Mexico
Total Number of Days: 5
***See below for breakdown
Budget:
Overall Average Per Day: $42.50
Interesting Expenditures:
- Unexpected Departure Fee: $18.75
- Ferry from Belize City to Caye Caulker: $7.50
- Cost per Night At Our Favorite Hotel Mara’s Place: $37.50
- Amount that Mara’s Rates Increased Per Night in Two Years: $7.50
Food and Drink: Belize is a great place for seafood. They tend to do their seafood on the barbeque. There is a lobster season and a conch season, so depending on what season you’re in, you can’t go wrong by going with one of these.
Must Eats:
- Bailey’s Colada: We’ve never seen a Bailey Colada in the States, but this is a delicious, creamy Pina Colada minus the Pineapple plus Baileys. It’s amazing.
- Conch Ceviche (when in season) and Conch and Lobster Fritters (when in season).
- Barbeque Lobster (when in season), especially at Jolly Roger’s grill on the beachfront.
Highlights:
- Returning to our favorite Caribbean island for R&R.
- Sharing a Bailey’s Colada and watching the sunset on the Split (while swallowing our bitterness that the Lazy Lizard is under a new ownership that no longer has good 2-for-1 Happy Hours).
- Dining with Maurice at Wish Willy’s.
- Morning jogs down the island.
Best Deal:
Wish Willy’s: It’s a restaurant run by Maurice in his backyard. Each night he cooks up a special meal for $7.50. There’s free all-you-can-drink Rum Drinks from 6-9pm, too!
Calendar of Events:
July
11 - Bus/Ferry from Flores, Guatemala to Caye Caulker
12-15 - Caye Caulker
16 - Caye Caulker to Chetumal, Mexico
