Belize, An Unexpected Adventure

After leaving the wildlife center we decided we might as well check out Belize since we were already so close and now I had more time to travel anyway. So we took a bus to Belize and then a boat to Caye Caulker. We boarded the boat and heard “Welcome to Caye Caulker. Enjoy the Lobster Festival!”. Needless to say we had tons of very tasty lobster during our stay.
The best part of Belize is its ocean and marine life. It was the first time I have seen the actual color of Aqua in nature. The water in the Carribean is the most beautiful blue in the world.
My favorite part of the trip was snorkeling. We swam with the biggest fish I have ever seen. I remember looking down at one point and seeing A swim below beside a sting ray and nurse shark as big as him! We had met the nurse sharks when we first arrived at Shark and Sting Ray Alley and our guide tossed chunks of fish into the water for a school of them to devour. They were so big that they were a little intimidating but after awhile we realized they were harmless, like our guide said, and unless you put your arm right in their mouth you would be fine.
At another stop our guide saw Manatees and we all jumped in to go swim with them. They were beautiful and huge, twice the size of any of us. They just floated there beside us, lounging in the water like they were enjoying time on a sofa watching the show, us. They were the most docile creatures and it seemed they would never hurt a human. I just stared into their big peaceful eyes feeling like one of them and never wanting to leave. It was probably the most precious moment in the wild that I have yet to experience.  Our guide later told us that is was pretty unusual for them to be so close to humans and especially to stay for so long.