Leaving Serene back at the Drowned Cays we head to San Pedro on New Years eve. The wind is almost on the nose and somewhat lite but we are able to motor sail into it. San Pedro's anchorage is shallow and we hook just inside the reef and anchor in water that leaves 3 inches under our keel at low tide. One of Belize's most popular tourist destinations with a Moorings bare boat charting base here we are in vacationers paradise. For us we find the island nice but more expensive than other Belizen ports. There are few cars used here. Most everyone uses gulf carts, bikes or walks. We walked most of the town in a short time. Being a small island it didn't take more than a couple of hours for us to see the business district and the resort district to the north. The weather has been sunny but windy which has been fine ashore. In the anchorage the reef gives us great protection and we see only a small wind chop. Serene rejoined us here after seeing their son Miles and his family back home from Belize city to Miami. We share the cost of a gulf cart and see a bit more of the island. We also took a ferry trip to Caye Calker to check it out. We wish we were able get our boat in here as it is very laid back compared to San Pedro. All the streets are sand and the only motorized transportation are gulf carts. We enjoyed a day strolling the streets before returning to the hustle bustle of San Pedro. We find there is a large percentage of shop owners that are Americans and Canadians. The weather did not allow us to depart the country before our 30 day immigration allocated time limit and we have to extend our stamp for another 30 days, at a cost of $25 each, even though we only needed 3 days before the weather breaks. 47NM. 9 hours, sailed 2 hours, motor sailed the rest of the way.
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