Kayaking Caye Caulker

Caye Caulker is a fascinating place.  There's a North island and a South island, separated by a thin strip of ocean maybe 100 feet across.  The two islands were once connected --- our guidebook says the 1961 hurricane split them, but Juni (who was born on the island and at age 73 still leads an amazing snorkelventure) disputes this.  No further info forthcoming from Juni however.

Our hostel was on the South island, where all the tourism is.  The day before we left for home, we rented a double kayak and paddled around the North island.

We knew there was a protected forest reserve at the Northern tip of the island, and eventually we got there.  It was completely deserted, almost eerie.  Hannah said it felt like something out of Lost.

That building may look welcoming in the photo, but when you get close it's a ghost town.  There's a burned out stove sitting in the sand next to the building.

Despite that, we had a lovely time, ate our lunch at the end of that dock, all alone with this as our view:

Then we paddled home, spent too much time in the sun, and ended up looking like this: