Welcome to Belize.

Finally I have arrived in Belize after the 5week build-up of waiting to leave. Flights were fine and a fantastic stop-over in New York was enjoyed. I limited myself to one area in New York to see which was the 7th Avenue/Times Square/Empire State Building area. I thought London was multi-cultural but NYC is in a league of it's won - fantastic! The weather was pretty similar to dublin when I left but (perhaps stupidly) decided to go to the top of the Empire State Building for sunset. The view was amazing but it was SOOO cold! I sucked it up and stayed for about an hour and a half (had to get my $20 worth!) and got some amazing photos (see below). However, it was very windy and having the shutter opened for a long time to get some of the night shots made most of the shots blurry (leaning the camera on the wall with a 86 floor drop!) but I think I managed to get a few nice ones.

After an uneventful evening in the Holiday Inn in Newark, New Jersey it was off to the airport for a 6am flight to Belize via Charlotte. Everything went smooth and arrived in Belize last night. First impressions - different to what I remembered it to be like, I cannot understand Creole (Belize's version of English), People are not overly friendly but that may get better, but importantly the weather is amazing! Start work on Monday so god knows what that will be bring but I think I will start planning my first trip to the beach for next weekend.. I said it before and I'll say it again, Life is hard in the tropics! A few pics below of NYC and my new (acquired) dog (watchman).