Abner's Trip to Belize Pt.2

During my trip, I was on the lookout for anything that said "San Pedro, Belize". I had a hard time finding something, but finally ran across this. Zoom in and look closely to see "San Pedro, Belize" inside the red circle on these guys' chests.

 

After going diving, I went to my aunt's house where a bunch of my family was gathered for dinner.

When I first saw this food, my expression was one of disgust. When I tasted it though, I loved it. This was carrot bread with raisins on a bed of chips and shredded chicken and creme. After tasting this, I asked for three more servings - it was delicious.

 

Very early the next day, I woke up to the aroma of this being cooked...
Rice and beans, coleslaw, and fried Huron fish. It tasted even better than it smelled. 

My favorite Belizian food

 That afternoon, my uncles took me to see more interesting sights. Again we took a boat to the middle of the ocean...

My uncle told me, "This is where many tourists come to visit. Welcome to the party!" 

All of a sudden they tell me took look over the left of the boat because there were sharks. 

There are sharks here??

Yep, sharks.

Everyone was jumping in to swim with the sharks so I decided to experience the adventure as well. 

I lived to tell about it! 

The dark spot below me is a shark! Their skin feels very soft and sticky and slimy. I was told I could touch them, but to not put my hands near their mouths because they could grab my fingers and suck the blood out of them. 

**From Beth: the above statement sounds very suspicious and weird to me, but we've sat here and argued about it for the past five minutes so I'm giving in. I am just translating what Abner is telling me! I didn't know sharks doubled as vampires....**

 There were a ton of sharks passing us all over the place, swimming very fast. To get all of their attention, my uncles threw these tube-like things out in to the water that were covered in fish blood. It took a little bit of time, but all of a sudden masses of sharks gathered, big and small.

When this little gal saw we were feeding the sharks, she came close to get her share.  

After demanding and insisting, she received her reward. 

 

Dinner later that night:

BBQ chicken, mashed potatoes and rice 'n red beans

Later on in the evening, I went souvenir shopping here.

Breakfast the next morning:

This is what they call a Johnny cake - sort of like a chicken sandwich. It was very very good!

The next morning, I went outside very early to walk the beach and admire the beauty of the ocean one last time.

My final post will be up next!

-Abner