Do you remember how I had run out of cash in Eleuthera and both the ATM machines were down? Well, we had a similar experience this time in Secret Beach. We were wrapping up and gave Giovanni our credit card. Just as he was going to ring us up, apparently the internet went down. Guess what he had to do? He went around outside waving the credit card machine in his hand hoping to catch some cell phone connection!! Which he eventually did! It was strong enough and long enough to run my transaction anyways!!

… especially after that Pina Colada drunk straight from the pineapple!

That is Samir bringing us our drinks! I was stunned to find out that he is a local Belizean and his name is a fairly common name from the part of India I come from.

This is the Giovanni special welcome shot. From the look of it, my guess is this is a drop of Grenadine, white rum, pineapple juice and Blue Curacao!

They were gone before you could say “Belize”!!

This morning, I woke up to a FB message from my friend Patrick Butler – who is in Nepal now – that he saw my FB posts about Belize. And that if I went to Secret Beach, I should go to Bamboo Fence Swing Bar.

Once I reached Secret Beach, I had to weave thru all those overzealous folks trying to help us find a golf cart parking spot near their restaurant/bar and instead went straight for Bamboo Fence Swing Bar. I went in and asked for the owner. Giovanni, who was working at the bar, came out and introduced himself. I told him the story how my friend had come to his bar last September and asked me to go nowhere else but his place.

He was totally flattered!! He made a couple of welcome shots for us himself.

Before we left, we took a picture together. He asked me to send it to my friend.

So there, Patrick! This one is for you!!! We even matched our clothes for you!!!