BELIZE

As we weren’t doing anything ashore today, I didn’t rush to get into the tender. Left the ship around 10:00 and away I flew to the shore. Trish decided to stay behind and enjoy a day by the pool – she was the smarter one! This port was much like Costa Maya – just enough stores to nab the tourists and nowhere to get a real look at the surrounding area. The port was quite a distance from the city and unless you had booked a city tour, there was no way to venture there and most indications were that it was not a safe thing to do outside of a tour.

This is the place where there are discount drugs at pharmacy stores. In the small area adjacent to the tender docking area, there were at least 5 of these stores. They sell sleeping pills, paxil, viagra, amoxicillan and any number of prescription drugs at discounted prices. My goodness – I ventured inside and did buy some Fisherman’s Friends cough lozenges and a codeine cough syrup – maybe Trish will be able to sleep tonight! This is such a different cold. Stuffy nose and lots of coughing. Oh well, it doesn’t appear to be holding me back any!

 I actually ventured in the pool today and enjoyed a little float around to cool off after walking around on shore – it was then I realized that my bracelet wasn’t on my wrist. Sigh*….No idea what happened – it has such a tight way of fitting together, I can’t believe it just fell off, but it is gone. Although I feel bad about it, I made up my mind that it isn’t going to ruin my holiday and who knows …. Maybe it will turn up somewhere. I have always been lucky before.

 Tomorrow is an early morning as we are going into Roatan for a Underwater Museum Snorkel. Looking forward to that. It is in 5 – 20 feet of water on the inside of a reef in calm water and a great snorkel for beginners. I was able to borrow the camera from school with an underwater case so I will have the first digital underwater photos for my collection! More to follow tomorrow!