The last week has been full of wonderful sailing around Belize and anchoring off lovely Cays; we’ve had dolphins playing off the bow of Ocean Rainbow and swum with nurse sharks in both South and Long Cocoa Cays; we’ve seen myriads of colourful fish and some beautiful coloured corals. The navigation around the islands is […]
Only a 5 minute walk from our hotel was the ancient Mayan site of Cahal Pech (meaning City of Ticks!). We had an excellent guide for our visit who brought the settlement to life as we walked amongst the ruins. Earliest evidence of Mayan settlement here dates from 1200BC, starting as a solitary forest farmstead, […]
Suzie Too OCC Rally has officially ended but the adventure continues! Placencia Marina and the Belizean Tourist Board gave us a lovely party to welcome us to Belize and mark the end of our 1750nm Rally. It's been an amazing 14 weeks sailing in company with 25 yachts from 8 different countries. […]
After one night at Glover’s Reef (one of Belize’s 3 atolls and a part of the world’s second largest Barrier Reef) we headed for the off-shore cays (Tobacco Range) in search of protected waters from the threatened northerlies. We anchored in Twin Cays in splendid isolation with nothing but mangroves, jumping rays, dolphins, cormorants, […]