Lazy, Hot Dangriga

Sunday, May 15, 2011--Dangriga, Belize

Without the need to get anywhere early, we slept later than usual on Sunday.  Then the hotel owner had coffee and fresh mangoes for us.  We had hoped to take a bus to Hopkins, another small Garifuna community near here, for the day, but the schedule is cut back too much on Sundays to make a day trip feasible.

During the morning, we walked and explored.  We went to the beaches.  We went by the parks.  Eventually, we withdrew money from an ATM and just sat in front of the bank in the shade watching people for about an hour.  We bought delicious, huge tamales stuffed with chicken and spices from a woman on the street and ate them.  Then we got homemade fruit cocktail ice cream from a street vendor.

By afternoon, it was too hot to be out.  We returned to the room.  We relaxed.  We did some travel research on the computer, we adjusted our travel plans some, etc.  Then we were back out around 17:30 as the sun started getting lower and the air cooler.  We wandered town again, this time looking for a place to eat.  This city is filled with Chinese people who own most of the food stores and the restaurants.  We finally settled on the Sun Light Restaurant where we ordered the large plate of the Special Fried Rice.  It was HUGE--really too much even for two people.  It included chicken, pork, beef, fish, shrimp, and conch stir-fried with the rice.  Afterwards, we each had a fresh watermelon slushie-type drink to refresh ourselves and to serve as dessert.

We spent time on the computer and reading in the evening.  It was a nice, relaxing day.