State of the Art? Not so much

Now if this was my manner of transport anywhere in the US, I would surely cry and be convinced I was being hauled off to an unfortunate end. But since I was on vacation, it seemed like an adventure to me. We flew from the mainland of Belize in this bitty plane, sweating like hogs but laughing like we had stolen it. On the way to our island, we even stopped and dropped off some luggage at a private island, turned around in a circle and flew off again. It still only took about 15 minutes.

We landed on the San Pedro airstrip, which is smack in the middle of town, where this swell fellow asked if we needed a beer---I did not think this was any time to start a new habit of turning down a cold beer. Besides, it was HOT in that plane and we were on vacation. I did not know that he would have to run across the airstrip to a store or restaurant to fetch them, but that is precisely what he did. This is how we were introduced to Belikin, the local beer, which is really not bad, but very tricky in that the glass bottles are really heavy. That would be all right but it is misleading in that it makes you think that you still have some left, when in fact, it is empty. And no, Mom, we were not the only ones that noticed it--it was a common complaint from everyone we met. Tricky tricky, those Belikin bottlers are.

This last pic is just funny-- and is no joke- that is the ACTUAL baggage claim, I kid you not. They are very cute though how they ask for your baggage claim ticket as if your bag could get mixed up with the three other ones on the wagon. I think I need a big ol' wagon like that to haul hay though, I would get a lot more done!