Belize!

We arrived in San Pedro After a pretty rough 5 day passage, the wind just didn't give in..Sunday night 50nm out from SP we dropped all sail to slow down and were still doing 4-5kts, bloody windy. The charts just show the barrier reef and no channel into San Pedro so luckily we had a 27year old guide book :) with the wind and swell right up and no sleep it wasn't really ideal to say the least and after going up and down to first find the channel and then radioing up for local knowledge and after getting no reply and seeing the yellow buoy it was time to commit or bash 30nm south, we committed. We literally surfed a bloody big wave in, with Julie up on the bow with complete horror on her face and I'd say mine was no better, only option to give it stick and surf and was happy we had the double ender stern but it was still by far the scariest situation we've had in Sunflower. Once you get to the yellow buoy it's a dog leg to starboard and then you're inside the shelter of the reef and all is well and was time to crack open the champagne !!
San Pedro is Belize's most touristy town but still isn't too crazy, just a few charter boats but no other cruising boats to be seen. We waited until Tuesday to check in as we found out Monday was a public holiday and didn't want to pay overtime fees as it's already expensive at $150us. Once the wind died down it's bloody beautiful crystal clear water in the sandy anchorage. We spent 3 days doing our things and having a few coldies in the local establishments but it's not cheap, almost the same as the US so it was time to head south and catch some fish