Best Day Everrrrr!

Lizard! 

Chopping down fresh coconut

Catching bait to fish with

Such a beautiful place but so much trash :( 

Cuban Boat

Eating/Drinking fresh coconut off of the tree

Motor from the Cuban boat

Ceviche made from the Conch we found in the ocean!

Our lunch was amazing- grilled fish burritos

Waiting to see our freshly cooked lunch!

Some of the water we had to drive through to get to Rocky Point

Wednesday was our last day volunteering at the Easter camp in the library so we were all contemplating on taking an unplanned/unpaid excursion during some of our free time this week. Thank goodness I made the decision to take the all day trip to the north end of the island to Rocky Point. The trip was honestly the most amazing day ever (hints the name of the blog). Ever since snorkeling last weekend, I have been dying to get back in the ocean to see more fish! Rocky Point is at the very north end of the island where the reef meets the land so you can snorkel the reef in fairly shallow waters. We got up around 7 and got breakfast at my new favorite restaurant, The Baker. The homemade pastries on the island are amazing and I do not know how I will be able to make it without them when I get home. We rented golf carts to make the trip to Rocky Point so there were 4 golf carts and about 12 of us. The golf carts were a crazy adventure in themselves since many of us have not driven in weeks much less driving golf carts through Belize. Rocky Point is about 14 miles from Pedro’s Inn but takes about 1-2 hours to make the drive by golf cart. To get there we took these golf carts through water, jungles, and beaches. I think each golf cart had a problem at least once on the trip. On the way there, one of the golf carts had a problem with its fuse so we had to stop and fix that. One of our guides, Renison, who is also a teacher at the high school, was walking around the area where we broke down and just happened upon a fuse. I have decided that Belizeans have an answer to everything! Along our journey, we stopped to see many neat things. Our first stop was to look at giant iguanas which our tour guides fooled us into thinking would be our lunch. We then saw a Cuban boat which was about 15 years old. Apparently the Cubans would make these boats to try to get anywhere but Cuba and would make engines out of anything they could find. Many of the boat engines were made out of tractor engines (thought my dad might like that!). Along the way, we stopped to chop fresh coconuts off of the trees to crack open and drink! We finally got to the snorkeling area and it was so peaceful. Since we were right at the reef, there were fish and sharks everywhere! We saw a few lobsters, a barracuda, and even a sting ray. I felt a lot more adventurous and daring in this snorkeling excursion. We all went diving for conch shells to make ceviche for lunch. After gathering about 10, we headed in and made our way to the barbecue site. Our guide showed us how to get the conch out of the shell and cut it up for us to eat! The Ceviche was sooo yummy and the freshest I’ve ever had. The guide also made us homemade tortilla shells, barbecue chicken, and fresh grouper. I do not think I will ever be able to go back to store bought tortilla shells or cheap salsa. After relaxing and eating, we headed further north to go reef fishing. I love fishing with my dad but I must admit this is something I have never experienced before. We were literally walking on top of the reef to get out deep enough to fish. This was pretty scary because the reef is so sharp so we tried to not get knocked over by waves and to keep our flip flops on. I caught 4 grouper which our guide is probably currently eating up for dinner! Words really cannot describe how amazing this day was so I will post a few pictures to try to give you a better idea 