La Isla Bonita?

It's Saturday here in Belize, and it's a petty crappy day! Our plan to go snorkeling has gone out the window...Last night there was a huge thunderstorm that came with a beautiful lightening show but torrential downpours. The rain only lasted for about 40 minutes, so then we sat on our porch playing cards drinking wine. But later that night the wind picked up again and made it a little hard to sleep. The wind as blowing so hard that our building was shaking! Maybe our building is not that sturdily built, it seems to be made of plywood, but when my bed is swaying with the wind, it is enough to keep me awake and scared we would be blown away. We weren't !

But, it's nice to have the time to wait out the weather! Yesterday afternoon we rented bikes to explore more of the island. We rode our bikes to the North side of the island, and we extremely surprised to see how undeveloped things still are here. The road is dirt, but it is horrible-with huge rocks and a ton of pot holes....Difficult riding on a bike, and now we understand why so many people spend $12,000 on a golfcart (Yes, that's right-$12,000! Insanity!)! We can see why the water taxi may be the way to go. There are small resorts along the way, but they are pretty far away from town. We found that we could ride along the beach instead of the road and that was much nicer. That side of the island had a ton of docks for boats, straddling small sections of swimmable beaches. I know Madonna has called this island "La Isla Bonita", but I'm not sure that I agree with her on that...Maybe that is based on the underwater scene. Scuba diving seems to be so much more than we expected, so we're not sure if we should do it or not. On one hand, Belize is supposed to be one of the greatest places in the world to dive, so maybe we should suck it up...