Stingrays

We went downtown this morning.  Gail wanted to check out the used book store and the library.  The used book store didn’t open until eleven so we had to come back later. 

The library is about one tenth the size of the Bella Vista Library and all of their books are donated.  To check out a book you have to pay a $3 membership fee and show them a copy of your rental agreement--I guess to make sure you are going to be here a while.  Of course we didn’t have our rental agreement so we went back later in the day

The book store (Pages) sells used books for a minimum of $6 Belize. 

We decided to join the library.   It has David Baldacci books so Gail will be happy.

When we left there, we rode our bicycles a little further down town and along the beach.  Some guys had just come in from fishing and were cleaning their catch.  They had about forty pink colored fish, each about fifteen inches long.  They were filleting them and throwing the skeletons in the water.  There were six stingrays swimming around and eating the fish remains that were thrown in the water.

This picture is one of the stingrays going after a fish and Gail’s foot (if you click on the picture and enlarge it, it is easier to see).

We had lunch at a place called My Secret Deli—it was wonderful and way too much food.  Gail had some kind of soup (it had chicken, cucumbers, potatoes, tomatoes, celery, a whole egg and lots of spices in it) with rice and tortillas on the side and I had pork with beans and rice and coleslaw.   With a bottle of water and a coke, the total came to $11.

Then it was on to the bicycles to head home to a beautiful sunset.