Celebrity Infinity 2022: Belize

 

I had heard that Belize city was not the safest place to explore so we booked an excursion on the ship through Celebrity. The excursion was a snorkeling trip to the Belize's barrier reef (the second largest barrier reef in the world!) and a stop in Shark Ray Alley to swim with rays and nurse sharks.

We also had a stop on Caye Caulker on the way home for lunch.

Unfortunately I don't have any pics from the morning on the water. The snorkelling was great, we were split into groups and each group had a guide that took us on a swim through the reef. We saw lots of rays, fish and a huge Moray eel!

Then back on board we moved to an area known as Shark Ray Alley. The water was about 5 feet in depth and as soon as the boat docked rays and sharks started to arrive. The rays swam around us and rubbed up against your legs like cats! The sharks mainly ignored us: They were just here for the bait being thrown into the water for them. But one guide did take a shark and turn it upside down so we could touch it. The rays felt slimy lol.

After swimming we were taken to Caye Caulker where we ordered lunch at the Lazy Lizard and had a tiny amount of time to explore. I had researched the Lazy Lizard beforehand and wanted to try their famous "Green Lizard" drink. It was fun but wouldn't order it again.

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Caye Caulker is a long skinny island and "The Split" is where the North island is separated from the South island by a body of water. This was allegedly caused by a hurricane in the 1940s but I've also read that it's man made.

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After lunch we had a very short period of time to explore the island.We took a quick walk and I bought some Marie Sharps hot sauce in a local shop.

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After lunch the excursion was over and we were dropped back to the port. We spent the afternoon shopping in the secure port area and had a few drinks.The local beer is called Belkin and it was good!

Belize City is a tender port as the reef means it's not possible for the cruise ship to dock close to land. It was  a bit annoying having to catch the tender boat back to the ship: Especially because there isn't a time table, you just arrive and get on the tender and it leaves when it's full. We went to catch the last tender and thought we were slightly late but ended up sitting and waiting for around 20 minutes before we were taken back onboard Celebrity Silhouette. 

Once back on board we were straight back to the pool as usual. Brewer introduced me to the wonder of Patron shaken on ice. I feel very posh ordering it now!

Later that night I ordered Baby Guinness but the bartender hadn't heard of it. Once I explained the recipe he made them- In wine glasses! I was sipping this all night.