1)a gecko is living in my trainer
his tail fell off and is regrowing soo fast, he clearly is eating his weetabix
2)What a mamme fruit is...
a giant kiwi with the sweetness of tamarind and consistency of a papaya
3)Never to cook vegetarian food for Belizeans...I cooked a chickpea curry - kind of viewed as food of the poor... why did I think I could deviate from Chicken Rice and Beans??!
4)Pavlova is the next big thing to hit Belize - I'm seeing a gap in the market and am tempted to exploit it!!!
5)and it doesn't matter how big a piece of driftwood you want to take home and make into a hanger for your jewellery - it IS possible...
I also had my first dodgy dive where I had a freak out and had to sit the first one out! Probably fuelled by the 2 hour journey to Turneffe - an Atoll near Ambergis Caye which is great for diving around - problem is getting there means going outside the reef where the waves that day were HUGE, and when your not in the biggest of boats and your captain loves SPEED means your flung around like a ragdoll! Fortunately a friend who is a professional skipper took over after my back was almost snapped into when one particular wave hit! It was a very amazing day though where the undersea activity was different to normal, no huge fish but lots of beautiful coral, it was like a beautiful garden, with lots of smaller fishes - lots to see - bit like being inside Finding Nemo - minus the clown fish.
One bonus was that on the way, Randy, our friend who owns the boat, but out the fishing rods to troll as we were going along - I have never seen Brett move so fast as he heard the reel spin and he literally flew across the boat to reel that baby in.... a baby it was not... a barracuda it was... (just reminds me of the little mermaid so much... or were they tarpon, or eels??!) So here is a picture of his proud moment.. and video - hopefully!
No dive would be complete without lunch and a coconut rum & pineapple juice - as any divemaster will tell you. This is lovely Sylvan below, he's an elder in our cong and also the oldest (and coolest!) dive master on the island - he gets some serious respect from all the dive people here, and came along with us to make sure no one drowned!
cammy making lunch
Banter in the dive camp
Following the dive a period of recuperation was needed as Cameron and myself, home, changed and caught the island boat up to the Sueno resort for a girls weekend. Lots of beading took place (as in making jewellery) while I mainly swam and sun bathed. The Saturday evening we took the golf cart up the beach as the girls were on the quest for drift wood to make wall hangings etc. So lots of foraging was done, and lots of pics taken - it was absolutely beautiful...and kind of felt like I was in Swiss Family Robinson!
Glam Cam
Not sure quite whats going on here!
Girls will be girls
My new baby coconut palm I found - aptly named "coco"
So things have been busy and wonderful of late as you can see, our ministry is amazing and we now have over 10 studies between us so thats keeping us both busy! We'll be sad to hand them over this week :( we leave a week Wednesday (12 May) to fly to Dallas where we will be seeing our old pals Steve and Becs who have just moved there, before flying back to good old home.
I'll leave you with one last pic... the 2 cheesiest boys I know :)
See you all soon x
