Belize Day 2. San Pedro. 12.8

The Spindrift is the home of the World Famous Chicken Drop... (can you imagine the noise? it's my hotel.) it's gotta be 90+ decibels right outside my window now. Every Thursday they have the drop. spin the chicken around, blow on it's butt, then drop it into the ring. wherever the chicken drops its 'POO' is who wins. they wager a dollar per number. live band located under the blue tent. it's been going on since 6pm and it's 9:35p now. i wonder what they feed those chickens?

a freediver stopped out on the beach to clean his daily catch. then the parts that aren't edible get thrown into the water for the stingrays to eat.

Dinner at Caramba Restaurant. one of my San Pedro favorites. Snapper ceviche, Conch Steak blackend, with steamed veggies and hot Coconut Pie. all health food.

Today i did two scuba dives. i saw a medium size turtle. (the size of a cadillac hubcap) a big spotted eagle ray. he was VERY close (~20ft) and slowly glided by us. we got to watch him for a long time. in addition we saw; a 4' green eel swimming up between us, 3 lion fish, about ten sharks, (nurse sharks 4'-7'. some close enough to touch) countless large grouper, a puffer fish, a few flute fish and a stingray. it was a nice easy day of diving. about 70' visability, 80 degree water. cloudy and windy all day.

well they are calling another chicken drop now. i have my windows open for the breeze and it's L.O.U.D. i'll be turning out my light and going to sleep in a second. yeah right.......

living large in Belize! -skip