KC, Colleen, Linda and me
Last weekend was the first time since we were sworn in that we were allowed to leave our sites and travel around the country. So the four "golden girls" (those of us over the age of 50) decided to go to Caye Caulker for Lobster Fest weekend. Everyone arrived in Belize City on Thursday night, and it was fun having my first guests in my new house. We walked around the corner to the Princess Casino and had a wonderful dinner of shrimp cocktail, lamb chops, baked potato, fresh vegetables and chocolate cake for dessert - for $16 BZ (that's $8 US!) Then we went into the casino and bought $2 worth of chips and got 2 free drinks while gambling away our big bucks! It was a fun evening and a great way to start the weekend. The next morning we took
the water taxi to the Caye, which dropped us off right in front of our hotel, the Seaside Cabanas. It was a darling resort and they stored our bags while we went to lunch for our first lobster meal - lobster civche! After lunch, we checked into our air conditioned, two bedroom suite with a living 
room in between. We settled in, visited the bar for our first round of happy hour beverages, and proceeded to pick out our lounge chairs by the pool. We swam, listened to Garafuna drummers and watched young people punta dancing until it was time for dinner - our second lobster meal of the day - delicious broiled lobster.
Unfortunately, tropical storm Alex didn't cooperate with our plans, and on Saturday morning the Peace Corps notified us that we had to evacuate the island and head to Belmopan until the storm passed. So, we caught the first water taxi of the morning to Belize City, took a cab to the bus station, a bus to Belmopan and a cab to the Garden City Hotel - which was nothing less than a shock from the beautiful Seaside Cabana where we had been peacefully sleeping only three hours earlier! But at least we had a great day together, ate some delicious lobster and got to see the beautiful Caye before the storm. I'm sure we'll all be back there many times in the next two years!!
Last weekend was the first time since we were sworn in that we were allowed to leave our sites and travel around the country. So the four "golden girls" (those of us over the age of 50) decided to go to Caye Caulker for Lobster Fest weekend. Everyone arrived in Belize City on Thursday night, and it was fun having my first guests in my new house. We walked around the corner to the Princess Casino and had a wonderful dinner of shrimp cocktail, lamb chops, baked potato, fresh vegetables and chocolate cake for dessert - for $16 BZ (that's $8 US!) Then we went into the casino and bought $2 worth of chips and got 2 free drinks while gambling away our big bucks! It was a fun evening and a great way to start the weekend. The next morning we took
the water taxi to the Caye, which dropped us off right in front of our hotel, the Seaside Cabanas. It was a darling resort and they stored our bags while we went to lunch for our first lobster meal - lobster civche! After lunch, we checked into our air conditioned, two bedroom suite with a living 
room in between. We settled in, visited the bar for our first round of happy hour beverages, and proceeded to pick out our lounge chairs by the pool. We swam, listened to Garafuna drummers and watched young people punta dancing until it was time for dinner - our second lobster meal of the day - delicious broiled lobster.Unfortunately, tropical storm Alex didn't cooperate with our plans, and on Saturday morning the Peace Corps notified us that we had to evacuate the island and head to Belmopan until the storm passed. So, we caught the first water taxi of the morning to Belize City, took a cab to the bus station, a bus to Belmopan and a cab to the Garden City Hotel - which was nothing less than a shock from the beautiful Seaside Cabana where we had been peacefully sleeping only three hours earlier! But at least we had a great day together, ate some delicious lobster and got to see the beautiful Caye before the storm. I'm sure we'll all be back there many times in the next two years!!
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