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| Loading up the boat to head out to Glover's Reef from Dangriga. |
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First sight of Long Caye on Glover's Reef. |
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| Certainly "postcard picturesque"... |
Getting the tour of the island, we were shown how much the island can change (or be outright rearranged) as a result of a passing hurricane. |
Here's the view from my own private palapa... |
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And where does Iguanaville get its name? |
Yeah, lots of iguanas.... |
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| BIG iguanas... |
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| Coming soon: "Attack of the Giant Iguanas"... |
Okay, here's a good jigsaw puzzle photo -- can you find the five iguanas lounging on this log pile? |
The sound end of the island belongs to someone else and still shows the results from Hurricane Mitch (which also entirely removed the north tip of the island). |
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Quite a picture window. From left to right: Rebecca, John, David, and Juliia in the dining cabana. |
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| The trials of surf kayaking. And I certainly got tossed around a lot when I tried it. |
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Glover's Reef forms an 80-square mile atoll. Or, as Charlie likes to put it, one big bathtub. |
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| After a session of learning basic kayaking skills, we're off to visit one of many patch reefs that populate Glover's Reef for a bit of snorkeling. |
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Oh, and of course every day ends with a splendid display of color. |
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| Yes, doesn't every tropical island have a patrol bunny? |
"Lucky" gets plenty of attention. |
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| Learning to roll... |
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| Success! |
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| A beautiful sky at dusk from Long Caye's lagoon. (Too bad this image was marred by a drop of water. I guess I'll just have to go back and try again, eh?) |
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Another dramatic sky... an early morning sky. |
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| Long Caye is home to the Off the Wall dive shop. The island sits on the edge of the continental shelf. Just off shore, on the eastern side, the bottom plunges some 2600 feet to the ocean floor. |
"Lucky" on early morning patrol -- keeping the grounds safe for hermit crabs. |
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