Caye Caulker / Inflate-Burst-Flux of a Clichéd Island Bubble
the bond of a moment's fun
hedonists drinking from Caribbean sunsets
Split, Caye Caulker / Belize · 2014
Right off the coast near Belize City the itsy-bitsy islet Caye Caulker turned out to be the region’s backpacker Mecca despite lacking the centerpiece of any Caribbean island bubble: a beach. Everything else that caters to the hedonistic needs of the rucksack pilgrimage was right in place – party hostels with wicked names, reggae joints, seafood-barbecues at street food stalls that were more food than street. The Creole population was sprinkled with Chinese, South Asian and Caucasian, and beamed friendly rays into the atmosphere to come your way. The chilled law of the kingdom forbade cars and demanded leisure, so golf-carts, hammocks and taking life belizy it was (can’t make these expressions up).
the landing pier to island pleasures
Oceanfront, Caye Caulker / Belize · 2014
going nowhere
Oceanfront, Caye Caulker / Belize · 2014
"Not much of you or anybody else can stay there, too little the ripple, too constant the stream. A moment’s fun is the bond and doesn’t ask for any more or less."
As the island attracted suitcase vacationers and backpackers alike, people from all walks of life wer
