A Pirate Walks Into A Bar...

Having survived our first couple of charters with TradeWinds, we were really lucky to get Christmas off to head up to Ambergris and catch up with my family and friends - we had planned the holiday long before Tadd & I found ourselves in Belize.

We jumped on the tiny plane up from Placencia to Belize International then onto Belize Municipal. Our connecting flight then took us back to Belize International, on to Cay Calker and finally off to San Pedro, Ambergris.



A quick stop in town for some essentials - Rum, cranberry, ginger ale, cereal, milk, coffee and more rum and we headed south of town, onto the dirt road and down to our home for the week.


We had hoped to be well settled into the hot tub with drinks underway when the others arrived... but sadly the hot tub was tepid and bubbleless so we just stuck to the drinks.

Of course, with the crowd that arrived... my brothers... step family and other whacky friends we had a great week!!

Tadd & I got in some diving with Robbie & Ian

While the others chilled by the pool at the condo

We went back to some of our old haunts for food

But sadly the service was as bad as ever....

Are those my tacos???

OK!! Where are my tacos!!!???

But we still had a great night gearing up for Christmas


and it even snowed!!!



...well, ok, so it wasn't snowing... I actually have no idea what caused this effect!


Of course there was some drunken games...


can anyone say Taboo!!



Tammie can... but only in a silly, unidentifiable foreign accent...
oooh.. and zen you must...


not to mention the serious competition between the Brits and the Yanks at Trivial Pursuits!


We did manage to squeeze in some snorkeling


although Tara seemed to be missing the infamous Alfonse!

And some of us went off to the mainland on Christmas day for a spot of cave tubing!!

The Tubing Crowd

Just the Start

Here we go!!

I Look Cool... right?!

Well the place was really cool! We trundled along the underground river popping out here and there before disappearing again into the bowels of the earth... not a bad way to spend Christmas!

And then we finally emerged

The End of the Road

Awwwww... now tell me he doesn't look hot in his tube!!