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Popular Warnings or Dangers | Other Warnings or Dangers Tips | All Tips (12) i kid you not, i witnessed a coconut fall just metres away from me! here i was, walking along, without a care in the world, when all of a sudden, BANG, a coconut hits the ground. a few seconds earlier and this wonky could of been cactus!
after that, i couldn't lay under a palm tree again. seriously, it freaked me out. you always hear about the coconut falling, you never see it. i did. im scarred for life. so instead of cooling it in the shade of a palm tree, i was soaking up the suns rays and getting redder and redder as the days wore on.
i just couldn't bring myself back to the coolness of the palm tree! Leave a Comment
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On the afternoon of our first full day on Caulker, we spent a good part of it relaxing on the hotel's beachfront property, watching the world go by. I had dragged a couple of their wooden chairs across the sand to a row of coconut palms lining the beach, where we sat sipping our drinks in the pleasant tropical breezes off the Caribbean Sea! When we sat down, I did notice that the clusters of coconuts up near the tree-tops seemed to be a yellowish ripe colour, so purposely decided that we had best not place the chairs directly beneath the trees. This proved to be a good idea, because it was not long before the breeze dislodged one of the nuts and it landed just off to the side of our chairs!
It may sound silly, but check out this item from the news: (They are exotic, good to eat, but deadlier than sharks. Coconuts can weigh from two to four kilograms (8.8 lbs) and fall off 25-meter (80 feet) trees with the kinetic force of one metric ton. That is, with the speed of about 80 kilometres an hour. Imagine the blow.
'Anyone walking or sleeping under a coconut palm is at risk,' warns Montreal injury-prevention expert Peter Barss, a former McGill prof who now teaches at the United Arab Emirates University. 'The most frequent cause of hospitalization in the remote Melanesian villages I worked in were tree-related, not shark-related.'
According to George Burgess, director of the International Shark Attack File housed at the University of Florida, 'coconuts kill about 150 people a year - that is 15 times the number of deaths attributed to sharks in the year 2000.') Leave a Comment
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If you aren't a strong swimmer and the tide is turning, you may have difficulty swimming across the split. Fortunately, there are always lots of people there and they can probably help you before you get swept away. If you snorkel off the north half, be careful not to touch the non-sandy edges. There is fire coral in the mangrove roots which raises red welts. Mine didn't itch but maybe they do for others. Leave a Comment
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The only mode of wheeled transportation besides bicycles on the island. The motto is "go slow" but you do have to watch for golf carts since you cannot hear their motor, they sometimes sneak up on you and most of the people driving them do give you ample warning that they are coming!! Leave a Comment Other Contact: need drivers license to rent
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Belize is filled with drugs, Marihuana, Coke, Crack etc...It is very dangerous, not only using it, because you never really know what exactly you got, you could get mugged or even pass out, die etc... Our Taxidriver in Belize City told us that here is a lot af Crack addicts that are mugging tourists and locals, he told us that we should stay inside in the evening, we didnt and could not see anything dangerous, but it is a god advice not to bring a lot of money, only enough for a meal or drink, and if you get mugged just leve the money to the guy and stay safe. Leave a Comment
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The sink and the shower just discharged their water (and soap etc) directly onto the sand under the cabin. The toilet did not so presumeably it went to some kind of septic tank or holding tank. We were told not to flush toilet paper, and that was also the case in other places on Caye Caulker as well. So you wipe yourself and put the paper in the trash can.
It is very important that you follow those directions. Leave a Comment
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The Split is THE swimming/snorkeling/hangout on Caye Caulker.
Be careful if walking on the far left side (facing across to the other side of the Split)where boats often tie up.
Lot of broken glass over there. Leave a Comment
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At home I can walk on gravel, or go barefoot in the snow. I go barefoot all the time and have tough feet.
But in Caye Caulker, the first time I tried going barefoot, I found that the harsh sand wore the skin off my feet. So I had to wear shoes, which was a bummer. Caye Caulker is the perfect place to go barefoot. Leave a Comment
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Although located real near the air strip, C&N Golf Carts is owned by an ex-policeman who rips off tourists. When my daughter ran into a pot hole and bent the swing arm. he charged me $700 US for a $150 part saying I could have the used parts. When I went back to pick up the parts, he and his family beat my crippled wife and hit me with a bat. Of course, the island police were no help at all. There is a much nicer place near the electric generating station in town. Leave a Comment
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I HELPED A GROUP OF FOUR TOURISTS SEARCH UNDERNEATH A DECK FOR THEIR HOTEL ROOM KEYS. THEY THOUGHT THEY DROPPED THEM DOWN BETWEEN THE PLANKS. WE SEARCHED WITH FLASHLIGHTS FOR 3 HOURS AND FOUND NOTHING. THEY RETURNED TO THEIR HOTEL AND HAD TO PAY FOR THE NEW KEY.WHEN THEY SAW THEIR ROOMS - THEY REALIZED THAT ALL THEIR MONEY. ALL THEIR CAMERAS. ALL THEIR PASSPORTS. ALL THEIR BELONGINGS WERE GONE! SO REMEMBER WHEN YOU ARE OUT HAVING A GREAT TIME, AND SOME BELIZEANS MEET YOU, THEY ARE NOT THERE TO BE FRIENDS WITH YOU, THEY ARE ONLY KEEPING AN EYE ON YOU SO WHEN YOU DONT SEE IT COMING - THEY REACH IN YOUR POCKIT OR INTO YOUR PURSE AND IN THIS INSTANCE THE HOTEL KEY WAS STOLEN. WHEN YOU GO TO DO A SCUBA DIVE ADVENTURE AND THEY ASK YOU WHAT HOTEL YOU ARE STAYING IN, OR YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBER. GIVE THEM A FAKE HOTEL NAME, OR DO NOT GIVE IT TO THEM AT ALL!!!!!! FOR ANY MORE QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS. FEEL FREE TO EMAIL ME AT jjncallyboy@yahoo.com
AND BY THE WAY,NOT ALL OF THE BELIZEANS ARE BAD PEOPLE, MOST OF THEM ARE VERY FRIENDLY AND TRUSTWORTHY.
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