Belizean Adventure Day 1

For those of you that don’t know, my baby sister, Evin, now lives in Belize. She lives in a small village about two hours from Belize City and 10 minutes from the beach. Her boyfriend, Tony, is a banana and citrus farmer. Since we now have a free place to vacation, and we have never gone anywhere for spring break, we decided to pay her a visit.

Evin and Tony met us at the airport and promptly whisked us to a hole-in-the-wall that allegedly had the best banana shakes in Belize. I think they could have given Braum’s a run for their money. So delicious!! We drove around Belize City for a while. It's very much a Central American, developing city. Some parts were pretty sketchy while others, particularly the oceanfront, were nice.

We then drove to Cayo, which is a region of the country. We stayed at a very nice cabin in San Ignacio called the Windy Hill Resort. It was just beautiful there. We had dinner in the hotel's restaurant, which was very good. Good service, and good menu, especially for the price.

Plants and landscaping at the Windy Hill Resort.

That night we went into San Ignacio to the Stork Club (funny name, I know). We were the only people there when we arrived; so to liven the joint, Evin and I did a stirring rendition of “Does he Love You” by Reba McEntire and Linda Davis. 

Since I'm the big sister, I got to be Reba.

I later sang “Walkin after Midnight” and “Vogue.” Evin sang “Stand By Your Man.”

Sometimes it's hard to be a woman.

Since the crowd was small, Scott considered singing, but alas, he backed out. But his bashfulness did not last long. More details to come in a future post!

Remember Scotty, I'm the star, you're the manager.

Exactly two other patrons entered the bar and they attempted karaoke, but they were really just stealing our thunder. One of they guys started singing “I Will Always Love You” by Whitney Houston and insisted that we sing it with him. He was shoving the microphone in our faces and was rather obnoxious.

What part of "I don't want to sing with you"
does he not understand???

Other than Captain Creepy, we had a great time! And I discovered that my relatives are sweetening up this little country. Go Goss Chocolate!

See my review of the Windy Hill Resort by clicking here.