Visiting Lord Ashcroft

Eventually we made it into Belize. We spent approximately 12 hours in Guatemala City (with cable TV so we spent the afternoon watching BBC World News) and then up early for MORE flights, this time via San Salvador to get to Belize.

Belize was a completely different experience. We headed pretty much straight out to Caye Caulker, a caye off the Caribbean coast. Think hammocks, white sand, palm trees, English-speaking, super friendly people. Absolutely marvellous. From a Claire-perspective, ideal on the coast due to a consistent breeze. From a Milla viewpoint, loads of strong sunlight for a tan! We even met some typical Gap Yah boys, almost to the extent of being parodies of themselves. Brilliant.

Basically we spent the week in Caye Caulker just chilling out. Read a lot, gameboyed a lot (we're so retro) and sleeping.

We watched the England-USA game in a sports bar on the beach. Pity about the shocking play (as I've always said, England are so stressful to watch) but it was nice to see many English people pulling together. Shame about the super super annoying Yank we were sat next to. He'd tried to save a seat so came along and demanded we move up (er, not acceptable IN A BAR) and was loud and obnoxious (we're not watching a basketball game, so no need to shout DEFENCE, DEFENCE). Seriously fucked off by the end of the game. Anyways, that was a minor blemish on a mostly good week.


The other thing we noticed was the amount of CRAP food available in the supermarkets. After the second day, we were feeling so bad, so we then tried to only eat rice and beans and fish and chicken and vegetables. Why are vegetables so scarce? Anyway, we realised a) how lucky we are with the supermarkets in the UK, with so much fresh food available and how one can buy takeaway salads, sandwiches, etc and b) how it is no wonder there's a problem with obesity in the USA with so much processed shit that's not even recognisable as food.

But yes, as a place to chill out, Caye Caulker rules. The most energetic thing either of us did was me going windsurfing. Love it.