Thanks to my meticulous reading of the resort website, I realized that instead of paying for a taxi or piloting our own golf cart through what we've heard is truly dangerous-sized potholes (true story, another couple at the resort today told us they got into an accident where they actually flipped into a lagoon and the wife went flying into the water! Yeah definitely not for me!), we can catch the same water boats transfers with other resort guests who are headed to or back from the airport for free! Faster, more enjoyable, less work, and free? Um, yes please!
Btw, we were sharing the boat transfer with another couple from NY, the husband was also a long term Googler who recently left to start his own company -- and small world time -- they had run into the couple celebrating their anniversary from our plane ride at their previous resort!! Ah serendipity.
So, onto our self created food tour! First stop in San Pedro: famous Elvi's kitchen (pronounced Elvis, by everyone it seems). We only had the street corn. Tasty, but I've had better -- but the fact that it was a restaurant where the floors were beach sand? That was worth experiencing.
Next stop: papusas at Waruguma. It was HOT in San Pedro today. Like Texas in summer, sweat everywhere even after just 3 minutes in the street hot. So the 5 minute walk to our second stop had Ian pooped already.
He liked the lobster papusa -- said it tasted like a lobster quesadilla -- I thought it was okay...but needed more seasoning.
Next stop: El Fogon, recommended by both our server at Chan Chich and the host of the Captain's table last night -- didn't get a photo of the food, but we tried the chicken salbutes. Very nice! Sort of like a tostada. The server warned me the jalapeno dip was very spicy. My takeaway is that my spice tolerance must be improving.
But then we went to what was hands down our favorite of the food tour: Sun Up fast food. For fried chicken and chow mien -- the Belizien Chinese food! I quickly talked up the owner in Mandarin as our Chan Chich waiters had recommended and it totally worked. He not only gave us a free drink but also had us sample these Hong Kong style cakes that his wife had made that morning -- Ian's favorite food item of the day. This is their very very low key, counter takeout only fried chicken shop. They do not kid around on the fried chicken. It is fried as a whole bird and then chopped up. Very very tasty. And only $7 for the whole box with chow mien!
We stopped at the Belize Chocolate Company for a chocolate milkshake after this but forgot to take a photo. It wasn't our favorite. Too ice-y.
Ian dipping his toes into the water while we wait for the new guests to arrive on our return boat shuttle back to the resort.
Animal pic of the day: clear translucent like crabs! So cute, no?
I forgot to mention that in between all the food, we may have done some souvenir shopping as well. I actually wanted to buy a pair of mahogany folding chairs but Ian rightly pointed out that they were expensive and not that comfortable and most importantly, we really didn't have a good porch for them to live on. Fine. I still managed to end the day with several parcels though. 😊
After such an action packed day, it was pool time again, capped off that night with a sit at the resort dock on some very comfy padded chairs, staring off into the dark ocean with a drink and some fantastic star gazing. Matachica really knows how to get you into an island relaxation state of mind!
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