A Belizean Birthday

Last Sunday we attended a birthday party for Alejandra, one of Liam's classmates. Her parents own the El Pescador resort, which is on the north part of the island. We had to take a boat to get there, and hopped on the Coastal Express at the Amigos del Mar dock. The ride was very quick, and we were at the El Pescador dock within about 10-12 minutes. The resort is absolutely beautiful. They cater primarily to very serious fishermen (and women) and everything about the resort reflects this, even down to the artwork in the bathrooms.

Lochlan on the Coastal Xpress

Amy, enjoying the ride

At the El Pescador dock

The cake was amazing! Made by a mom from school (yet another Amy)

General mayhem ensued in the pool

The kids convinced me to do a cannon ball (or two)

Another view of the pool

Some of the very cool fish-themed artwork

Liam and Elisa getting ready for the three-legged race

On the "teacher boat" heading back to San Pedro

The weather was very cooperative. As I blogged about previously, it has been very rainy here, and on the morning of the party, it poured, but cleared up shortly before we set out to the ferry. The weather during the party was great, but it clouded up shortly after we returned home and rained all night!

As we learned after we arrived at the party, Alejandra and her two sisters' birthdays are all within a month of each other, so her parents celebrate all three with a single, giant party. There were about 50 kids in attendance, along with their parents, many of the teachers from Island Academy, and various friends and neighbors. The kids spent most of the time in the pool, but there were games too, such as three legged races and tug-of-war. This is the slowest time of year here on Ambergris Caye, and since there weren't many guests at the resort, Aly and Alonzo (Alejandra's parents) had their staff run the party--there was an open bar and a buffet in the kitchen with four servers. It was pretty awesome, and a little different than most of the kid birthdays we've been to.

We had to catch a boat home during the pinata portion of the festivities, which was disappointing to the boys, but they had a great time at the party. Fortunately we were able to catch a ride on the 'teacher' boat, because the Coastal Express ferry was full and blew right past the dock!