We crossed the border to find ourselves back in a mainly english speaking world...but no, wait... was that chinese we just heard? Or some German from the Memonites?(A religious group-more later) Or a bit of creole, which is basically warped english.Orange Walk (weird name hey!)
We stayed here for a few days so that we could take a boat tour down the river and have a look at the Mayan ruins at Lamanai. We`re a bit ruined out, but our guide was quite good and there was a quite impressive stone relief of a ruler. There was more... but things have been re-buried for preservation.The first impression of the town
was a local woman throwing up in the middle of the central park, followed by a hell of a lot of chinese restaurants, this was quickly proceeded by the mennonites... a bible based community who are a more integrated form of Amish... so they´re big in Pennsylvania, USA, Bolivia and in a town called Shipyard, a boat ride away from Orange Walk in an isolated village...check the photo for the clothing!Caye Caulker
Expensive is a good summarizing word for Caye Caulker, so is hot. This place grows on you, we had a good dive guide one day who showed us all the local species and taught us some Creole as well... e.g. Tek Kyer (take care), Anda da wata (under the water)... you get the picture, try saying it with a Jamaican accent, and you can speak Creole! This day we also went snorkelling the famed SharkRay Alley... yes, there were both Sharks and Rays!
On Day 2 here, Phil went diving the famed Blue Hole, a 125m deep, 318m wide perfectly circular hole in the reef a couple of hours out of the Caye. Karen, for fear of seasickness, chose instead to go snorkelling more locally, and was treated to a guided tour inclusive of fighting moray eels!Crossed the border back to Old Me´ico...
We´re now back in Mexico, Tulum and in the midst of loads of gringos... off to go cavern diving tomorrow in the Cenotes (caves in the area formed mysteriously).... let you know more soon!
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