A couple of weeks ago I shared the first part of our Belize trip (it’s the previous post if you want to take a look) about our time on Caye Caulker. During our stay we look a day trip to Ambergris Caye and I was even more glad we decided not to stay longer. It was fun but I much preferred the laid back atmosphere on Caye Caulker.

We walked around the main area near where the ferry lets off but the day was heating up and we really wanted to be near or in the water. I had heard of a bar that’s at the end of a dock called Palapa Bar and Grill that had inner tubes you could lay in and drink beer. It was pretty much all I wanted to do. After discovering it was a few miles away we chose to rent a golf cart. It was well worth it because we had so much fun riding around the island on it.

I was super excited when we pulled up to the bar because it was exactly what I had imagined from what I had seen, inner tubes and all!

We sat on the upper deck and ordered fancy tropical drinks and lunch. The water and sky and breeze were perfect and we got a bit of relief from the sun. It’s such a great moment when the things you’ve been dreaming about and planning are finally happening. I was pretty pumped.

Everyone was pretty content to hang out on the dock but I was determined to get in the water and on those darn inner tubes! I headed out into the water and climbed in and enjoyed my beer. A few minutes later Walker decided he wanted to lower a bucket of beer down to me. He used the rope provided and once it was down he had me go get it. The water was kind of deep so it was a bit of a struggle and I just about got salt water in all the beers but I made it back to the inner tubes. Once I was back on I realized my side was stinging. Walker tried to convince me I was fine (which yes I was) but my side my stinging anyhow. We finally concluded that I was stung by my first jellyfish. It stung for a few hours on and off but no harm done. Apparently the little suckers hang out in the sea grasses that you can see floating around my tube. So, yes, do go here and get in the tubes but just watch out for the grasses and the jellies.

After Palapa we rode farther down the island in the opposite direction and went to anther bar on the water. We couldn’t stay for long though because the cart was due back. The golf cart ride in itself was an adventure so it was ok plus we got to finish our drinks on the ride (except the driver of course). We returned the cart and water taxied it back to Caye Caulker.

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