Wouldn't you know that the wind would pick up just before we finished our move. The anchorage is totally exposed and when we got there is was real choppy. We went a couple of miles east to the Drowned Cays for protection. More mangroves, not exactly what we had in mind for Christmas, we are really tired of mangrove cays. There are no beaches and just plane nowhere to go ashore and walk. The few places that are cleared of mangroves are made into beach resorts for the cruise ship tourists and prices for food and drinks are adjusted accordingly. We visited a couple of these just so we could get off the boat. We catch up with Serene here and meet their son Miles and his family. They are in Cucumber beach marina where we anchor outside and go in to visit. We take a road trip with them to see more of the interior. We drive through Belize City where its almost as bad as Colon Panama. A very dirty and dangerous city that we were warned was unsafe to walk around,its all true. The countries interior is nice, mostly agriculture and primarily juice oranges. We return to the Drowned Cays to get better protection for the returning westerly winds and wait for weather to move north. 35 NM. motor sailing to Belize in 7 hours, 22 NM. motoring around the area taking shelter from the winds.
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