The Cat Island is very wild and somewhat sparsely settled (pop. 1500 +/-), so not for everyone. You really need to love and respect the slow, non-western lifestyle to be able to make friends with the island and its locals.

Welcome to Lord Howe Island, the most dramatic and chill island I have ever visited in my life. I really want to show you this piece of paradise but at the same time I am jealous about even showing it to you. The good thing is no matter how many people learn about this island, it will never get crowded. Yep, never! Lord Howe Island is still a relatively well kept secret and they allow only 400 tourists at a time.

On our first morning I found myself on a front porch and I immediately knew this was the place I needed to be. The view was gorgeous and beyond what I had hopefully imagined. With a cup of tea in my hands, I was enjoying our first morning surrounded only by the natural sounds of a gentle breeze rustling in the palm-trees, of exotic birds, of the ocean's breath, of the splash of jumping silverfishes in a little pond which separated our cottage from a long desolate beach.

Sometimes there is nothing easier than to open a map, close your eyes and rub your finger... This was a beginning of planning our first Caribbean trip. At first it didn't seem possible. Despite the fact that the country of Belize is a relatively poor country, the costs of travel and accommodation are sometimes not cheap. But, we did it. We were lucky!