Elementary school bus, again

Well, we had a lesson in Belizean culture today. We wanted to take the express bus back to Belize City to take the water taxi to the caye. When we asked our hotel manager last night, she said the express bus would come at 11:30am. This morning, we decided to look around and do some shopping. Since the tiny bus station (aka shack) was on the way, we dropped in to verify the time: 1:00pm. OK, that's a little different than 11:30. We went to a place that said "Tourist Info" on the side of the building, and they said maybe around 11:00am. The next person indicated the express leaves at "I think, 11:15." Now I was getting a little worried because the water taxis don't run too late in the evening, and we had a hotel reservation on Caye Caulker. We decided to try the bus station again, where a bus had just arrived. Kim asked the bus employee when the next express runs, and he said they were all done for the day. I asked the guy who sold the snow cones to bus passengers and he, as well as the guy standing next to him, said 1:00.

Having gotten two answers that matched, we decided not to wait until one and just go with the not-so-express bus. We went back to the hotel, packed up, and rolled our bags to the bus area, just in time to get on the school bus. It stopped all the way across the country before delivering us to Belize City, where we got a deaf taxi driver, who was really pissing Kim off. Fortunately, and quite luckily, we ended up about thirty minutes early for the boat.

We are now safely in Caye Caulker, where you can stand in the middle of the island and see the water on both sides. It's small but beautiful. Our hotel room overlooks the ocean, which is within spitting distance...well, it would be spitting distance if it weren't for the sea breeze.Read more