Mario’s Lobsters Part I

February 14^th is the end of the lobster season in Belize.  Beginning February 15^th is the lobster mating season and you are not allowed to fish for them until some time in June.  The restaurants are not allowed to serve lobster during this time and they are not even allowed to have lobster in their freezers. 

Gail and I decided we better begin stocking up so we would not run out of lobster during March and April.  We went to the fish market at the docks to buy some fresh lobster from the fishermen. 

By the time we got there they had already sold all they had caught that day.  But, one of the fishermen told us to go to Mario’s.  "Mario always has lobster".  So we went to see Mario.

Now that sounds easy doesn’t it—“we went to see Mario”. 
You have to keep in mind that we were on the back side of the island, the local side of the island.  The fisherman we spoke to gave us excellent directions, from what he could remember, but it was going to take a miracle for us to find Mario.

First we had to go to Captain Sharks. 

That was easy.  Captain Sharks is a large, very nice, fully equipped store that has everything you could ever image for fishing, diving, snorkeling, and anything else you might do on or in the water.

Next we had to turn right at the bend in the road at the big tree.

Then we had to turn left at the corner with the 28 on the electrical boxes.

We had to pass by the Coyote Ugly bar.

Then turn right at the T just past Brian’s Store.

It seemed like we had gone quite a ways so when we came to this fruit stand we stopped and asked if we were on the right track. 

They did not know Mario so we decided we were not very close yet.  We went a little further and stopped at another roadside stand.

They did not speak English and could not find anyone in the house who did. 

At this point we started to get a little frustrated.  Next time I will tell you how our hunt for Mario ended.