Stranded at sea

Even though I've only had a few hours sleep we wake early and after a good coffee I agree with Bobby to do a boat trip today. It's a 5 hour boat that takes us down the coast and deep into the mangroves. The boat leaves at 11 so we have a little time to explore the town before we board the boat. There is a stage put up in town and lots of police but noone seems to know what it is for. We walk back to
The hotel and pack a bag and wait to be picked up. We then receive a message to say that we have to go to the place it was booked from which is only round the corner from where we are staying so we take a short bimble over and set off to pick up a few more people. At the harbour we sit for nearly an hour and whilst we're waiting a big iguana comes to take a look.We join the boat and leave the harbour just after one and our first stop is just out of the bay . There's quite a few boats here and the water is only waist deep but so beautiful and clear with sporadic mangroves dotted around and the clearly signposted crocodile signs doesn't seem to be putting anyone off. We cruise through the mangroves stopping for a fruit lunch and drinking multiple beers and cocktails, eventually coming to rest on the border where it's not possible to take the boat but a few of the guys off the boat wander through but I stay on the boat and just chill. We make our way to another spot for our last dip of the day. Just as we're leaving the last place I say to Bobby that something doesn't sound right and we come to an abrupt stop , it's quite funny as Bobby moaning about going home early but now we've run out of fuel we,are not going anywhere. The tequila bottle once again gets hit and we become the party boat we were all glad we weren't on. While we sit there there are eagles and a pink roseante spoonbill fly's by aIso an Extra bonus as we get the sunset at sea. Over an hour later the fuel boat turns up and we are back on dry land before we know it. We take a quick shower and head for dinner and discuss what we are going to do. We were planning to head straight for Belize tomorrow but there are preparations happening in the square and tomorrow and Sunday they have a festival here. Choice is made. One more night in Bacalar.Lue lisää