While sitting by the Lazy Lizard in the Split and enjoying a cocktail, we were approached by a gentleman who was selling jello shots. He had two flavors and they were made in an orange peel. “You can throw away the peel in the water – the fish love it. My jello shots are bio-sustainable!”. His accent was very different. I could clearly understand what he was saying. None of the local dialect.

We bought two of the shots. But when he came back for the money, we got him to sit down and talk to us. He is from St. Louis (which explains the lack of dialect) and has moved to the island because he loves the life here. His two sons also have moved with him. They (the sons) work in some local stuff. And to pass his time, he himself makes jello shots and sells on the beach!

“What is your name?”
“They call me Jello-Man!”

Jello Man, it was!!

Noticed the man come biking to the shore of the island on the other side of The Split. He then took a ride in a canoe with his bike. Upon reaching this side, he put his bike on his shoulder and climbed up the step. Then he simply biked away. He had a small purse in his right hand.

All the time he was carrying a beer bottle in his left hand and drinking from it though!!

Reminded me of the Budda Bar in Spanish Wells off Eleuthera

… is “Go Slow”. Remember the sign in Reggae Beach in St. Kitts – “Rush Slowly”?

Later, I found out that the island has two cemeteries. But no hospital. I kind of have an idea how they chose their motto 🙂

However, she insisted on taking this picture. Now I am worried 🙂

(The Split is actually a very shallow stretch of water no more than a few hundred yards wide that splits Caye Caulker into two islands. This is where the beach life is.

This is a limestone coral island. Really a sand bar sitting on top of a limestone shelf. It was mostly barren before the Mayan/Spanish descent people fleeing the Caste War of Yucatan in 1847 started taking refuge here. Most of the island is dense mangrove with very rich birdlife.