Belize, a place that I never think that one day I will travel to. But last year October, I made it with my best travel partner ! When talked about Caribbean Island, for me it just links to the movie Pirates of the Caribbean. Actually this is a good place to have vacation and chill for weeks. You are just gonna love the ocean, the nature, the people, and beers haha :D
我一直以來都無想過有一天我會到加勒比海附近的國家伯利茲 (Belize) 旅行。在上年十月,我終於跟我最好的旅行搭檔
到這個陌生的國家見識一下。對很多人而言,加勒比海只令我聯想到一套有名電影,但經過這次旅行後發覺Belize的大海、大自然、當地人都很好,尤其是我愛的啤酒 :D
So how can I get there? Well that's a super long story. Keep it short. I always took the staff tickets to travel cause it's way cheaper for sure. I logged in company website and looked for the offers. Start from the beginning, I was thinking which city is the best place for transit - L.A or San francisco. I chose San Fran because the loading is better andI thought the connection from San Francisco to Houston with United Airlines is good then I will fly to Belize. Well it was a totally bad idea.
這個很長的旅程一開始對我來說像是項難以完成,將這個故事縮短吧!我多數都會選擇向我工作的公司或與公司合作的航空公司購買員工機票,當然便宜是最大原因啦!一開始看到有從洛杉磯或是三藩市轉機到休斯敦再到伯利茲,最後選擇了先飛到三藩市,但這個好像不是一個最好決定。
I should have to know that there were actually so many local airlines staff who took the same flights back home to Houston. Of course their boarding priority is way higher than mine. I lost the chance to get on the plane and had to stay at the airport for one night. My boyfriend is in Belize for business and I called him right away. He suggested that I should take an airline that not may people know which is Avianca. It was an adventure for me cause I didn't even know what is the transit city -San Salvador- is. I called my friend who lives in SFO and she helped me to check if I can get in San Salvador when holding HK passport etc. Finally after 20 hours (maybe more, I forgot), I finally arrived.
我應該要知道其實每天有很多美國人回家都飛機都自己住的省,尤其是美國本地航空公司的員工。我當然上不了最後一班,被迫留在機場留了一晚。跟
討論後他建議我換另一家航空公司叫Avianca(是一家不錯的航空公司啦! ) 我更不知道將要轉機的地方聖薩爾瓦多是一個什麼地方。輾轉之下,二十個小時後我終於到了。
It was so good to see a familiar face waiting for me at the airport and I was so happy my half flying journey was over. The sweet man and his friend drove me back to the apartment they stayed and I desperately need to take a shower!! We stayed on the top of the building and everyday we could see the ocean and unlimited sky. It was so lovely even the weather is not really great. It rained a lot during my stay. Even though it rained, we still wanted to explore the islands in Belize. We chose staying one night on San Pedro, and the second day we went to Caye Caulker before going back to Belize city.
很開心一步出機場門口可以看到一個熟悉的臉孔,看到
跟他的好友真的放鬆了不少。一回家最期待當然要先洗個澡啦!洗完澡後走出陽台,因為住在最頂樓也是環境最好的地方,一眼就看到無邊的天空和大海。雖然十月是當地的雨季,但也無阻我們將要出San Pedro 及 Caye Caulker 這兩個有名的島嶼遊覽一下。
We love the place in this hotel called Ramon’s Village Resort. We came there very often for swimming, sunbathing if sun was there, reading, having breakfast and tea. The environment is so relaxing and nice! You can choose to sit in front of the ocean inside a little bungalow too. OH the buffet breakfast there was quite nice too!
我們都蠻喜歡這家酒店叫Ramon’s Village Resort。我們整天都在游泳,有光陽就曬太陽、看下書,吃個早餐跟下午茶。附近環境真的很漂亮及讓人覺得很舒服,好想待這裡久一點啊!
How amazing it will be if staying in the bungalow instead of normal hotel room. We will choose this kind of hotel next time if we come back again:) I love bungalows!
下次我們決定會訂這種用木跟樹造的小平房,好像比起一般的普通酒店來得更適合伯利茲這種度假的感覺。我真的蠻愛這種可愛又自然的小平房!:D
On the second day, we took the boat to Caye Caulker around 11am before we back home. It was raining again but we still had good mood! Jan brought me to a bar he went before and chill for whole day time:D We walked along till the end from the pier to another side of the island. There was the bar called The Lazy Lizard. I do love its open area, especially there is a place for people drinking and having party inside the water! So cool!
第二天我們一早坐船到另外一個島叫Caye Caulker看一下。雖然雨好像愈下愈大,但沒有掃我們的雅興。
帶我去他之前到過的露天酒吧輕鬆一下。由碼頭走過去一直到島另一邊這盡頭,看到The Lazy Lizard這間可愛的酒吧啦!這裡有一個特色,你可以拿著你買的酒走到水中慢慢喝,喝完就去游個泳啦。
If you are our good steemit friends who read our posts often, you may know we always have beers in our hands. You can see there was a bucket but we had few beers already when we got the seats there. Don't forget we have the cocktails from the bar owner as well. This man really is my partner in crime.
如果你常常關注我們兩個的文章,都看到我們手上常拿著啤酒拍照哈哈。這張照片裡我們就跟一大桶啤酒及雞尾酒拍照囉(我們坐後其實已經喝了幾大瓶啤酒啦)。這個男人真是我最好的死黨!
When you get drunk, please jump into the water and refresh yourself, just like what my partner did. I'm kidding haha don't do that. It's actually dangerous cause so many stones over there :P
請好像他一樣跳進水裡讓自己清醒一下吧。開玩笑而已!在這裡跳水其實蠻危險,因為下面很淺水而且很多大石頭。
Around 5, the weather started changing very fast and the whole sky was getting cloudy and windy. It's time to say goodbye to this beautiful island. If you ask me for recommendation, Caye Caulker is a better choice as it's like a small community and everyone was just so chill there. Not many golf cars, not packed, not polluted.
大約五點,熱帶地方的天氣真的變得太快了,雨又大天又快黑,所以是時候要回伯利茲市了。如果你問我哪一個島比較好玩,我比較喜歡Caye Caulker。因為這裡沒有高爾夫球車來來去去,也不會太多人,也沒有很嚴重的污染。所以下次要去可以先到這個島休息一下啊!
Belize actually is a really good place to visit once in your life time especially tons of island there are so amazing. So far it's one of the memorable trips for me ever:) Just need to forget another 20 hours I needed to fly back to Hong Kong that was miserable. :P
伯利茲真是一個人生要去一次的好地方!將來也會陸續有漂亮的的私人島嶼讓遊客選擇,所以將來我們一定會再來!不過在想下一次到伯利茲旅行時,我要先忘記要來回飛四十個小時這件事 :P
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