Sunday in Belize

Last night was World Famous BBQ night here at the resort and after dinner some of the younger ones in our party (younger than me!) ventured down to the village to check out a local joint called The Barefoot Bar. Seems a good time was had by all and they put in a pretty late night while they were at it. In the various narratives of their adventure this morning, they all allowed as how The Barefoot was not only a bar, but had some pretty decent eats, too.

So today some of the older ones of us allowed ourselves to be spirited down to the village to see what we could see. The resort called ia taxi for us and our first stop was a place called Tutti Frutti, which is an ice-cream & gellati (sp?) place. They had frozen treats in many favors. I got a cone with lime and kiwi flavored scoops.

After Tutti Frutti, we walked back up the main thoroughfare toward The Barefoot Bar. Being Sunday, many places were closed, but we did find a very patient vendor from whom we collectively purchased over $200.00 (USD) worth of clothing and accessories.

An aside: I joke about "island time" --
--"What time is it?"
--"it doesn't really matter...."
and while everyone involved does work to honor reservation and appointment times, beyond that you better just be okay with waiting because nothing happens very quickly down here, especially in food service. The best approach is one of good humored acceptance. You certainly won't make it go any faster by pitching a fit!

I am telling you, it takes for freaking EVER to get anything you ask for, and I have no idea why that is. So if you come to Belize you better come with someone you like to talk to, or else bring a really good book or three to read to occupy your mind while you're WAITING FOR FOOD. Criminy!

That said, the Tamarind Chicken Nachos I had at The Barefoot Bar were absolutely worth the wait. OMG, they were delicious! And tonight we had a seafood paella which was also dee-lish, and the best lemon merengue pie you could ever hope for in this life - mercy!

What else? Oh, we got a little rain this morning, and the sea was considerably choppier than yesterday. Tomorrow we're going on the Monkey River Tour and I'll tell about that tomorrow. That's an 8:00am-at-the-marina departure, so I'm going to wrap up & catch some z's.

Thank you for reading :)