This is a Red Footed Booby. I took this picture on Half Moon Caye where there is a nesting ground for all kinds of birds. I have a picture of a Blue Footed Booby and am always on the lookout for a different color footed booby.

The Caye is a great place to see birds and other creatures. Of course the diving was great here also. This is the island where I ate the tainted food, but that is all behind me now.

This is the Christmas tree in the middle of town. We went up the beach for New Years"s Eve and had a wonderful dinner which I promptly got rid of before I could get home.

This is a little friend of mine that I came across yesterday on the reef. I will go to dive the Blue Hole tomorrow and stop on the way back at Half Moon Caye. There's good diving there but the best is that the Caye is a nesting island for some pretty spectacular birds.
I've found a place for massages and we're going to a New Years Eve party at Holiday Hotel tomorrow night. The Brits on the Island are having one at 6p.m. tomorrow evening. I'll post lots of shots soon but have to by on the pier in front at 5:30 a.m. So I'll say good night. Bob is already asleep.

We're finally settled in and ready to get on with fun in paradise. I haven't posted anything until now because we've both been sick. Bob's came on down here but mine began the night before we left. I tried to look very well after not being allowed on the plane in Bogata last summer. But that was dential surgery so it was easier to hide a very bad stomach than a swollen face. So is the world of traveling. Bob is much better and even went for a walk to the dive shop today.
The economy is bad here and everyone is saying it is worse than last year, which was bad. For me, the diver, that means that the really great trips are harder to put together. They need eight divers for a trip. I'm glad I have the time to get in on two of the best dives around. One is a three dive trip to Turneffe reef, a wall dive that is an all day affair. The other is the Blue Hole dive with some great diving on the way back. I'll also visit a nesting island on that trip. It's a great trip, I've made it before. I will post pics soon and as they come in.

We are going to Holiday Hotel for New Years Eve. Last year we spent New Years Eve in Tobago with a bunch of ex-pat Brits and a drunken German couple. This one will be just as interesting I'm sure.
I'll sign off now and go take some pictures so I can show you the beautiful blue water.

Getting ready

This is the time that I make sure all things are in order so we can leave on our trip knowing that someone will be here while we're gone. Chester, our Frenchie is at least a little happy. Actually he will be really overjoyed when he sees Dee, his favorite friend. They have a good time while we're away. Thanks Dee.
I will tend to other things the rest of the week and we'll be on our way to the sunny south.

On the way to Belize soon.

On my way to Houston to ordination of American monk