As we hit the southern side of the island, the water started becoming a bit darker in blue in color. And the sand in the beach was replaced by the sharp edges of the reefs.

not to lift your legs up and get a margarita!

It used to be that you could simply wade and then swim over to that Caye. The shipwreck is a bit more unnavigable. But apparently now you are now allowed to do that. You can simply take a boat. We are not getting into the water today. That is for tomorrow.

Some of the blue colors promised by New York Times is stating to show up

Our room was not ready. To be fair, we showed up at 9am at the hotel.

Not to dissuaded, we picked up the golf cart that we had reserved after quite some effort in gesticulating and less than honorable Spanish (nobody understands English here) and decide to go all around the island.

This is from the plane a few minutes before we landed. I can already see a few of the seven colors of blue that I was promised!

Admittedly, I am flying Copa Airlines for the first time. Our flight to the island was at 7:23. Got up very early and reached the airport by 5am. The first thing that hit me is this board.

I was stunned to find out that Copa Airlines has 23 flights leaving in 27 minutes. That is quite some frequency.

BTW, the checking in was smooth, the security was a breeze and the seats have really, really good leg space. We were up in the front and for a 50 minute flight, you could lift up your leg with the footrest and all that! Very impressed with the airlines.