State of San Pedro

[peterbj7]

This post has just appeared on Scubaboard, the Belize section:-

this is just a comment/opinion and i'm sure many belize fans will disagree...... but.
i used to dive ambergris cay 20-25 yrs ago, it's where i fell in love with diving.
san pedro and the southern half of ambergris cay has not faired well since my last visit. all the mangrove gone, land fill everywhere, subdivisions, 12 boatloads of sunburned cruise ship passengers standing on the coral having their pictures taken at hol chan and the little deserted cays near caulker turned into party islands for the cruisers rum drinking, reggaeton and limbo contests. from the air the runoff coming from some of the cays is unbelievable, huge brownish green clouds suspended in the water. i never made it up to the northern (formerly remote) parts of ambergris but i hope they've faired better.
maybe i'm just getting nostalgic in my old age but it looks like an ecological disaster.

[JZB]

" all the mangrove gone, land fill everywhere, subdivisions "  I agree, its starting to get too crowded down here!
" 12 boatloads of sunburned cruise ship passengers standing on the coral having their pictures taken at hol chan " When was the last time this guy was at Hol Chan?  I thought Cruise Ship's are no longer allowed at Hol Chan??
" the little deserted cays near caulker turned into party islands for the cruisers rum drinking, reggaeton and limbo contests "  Where is this going on and why wasn't I invited???
" from the air the runoff coming from some of the cays is unbelievable, huge brownish green clouds suspended in the water "  I've been in the air and I've never seen this.  There may be huge brown/green clouds but I'm pretty sure that has to do with dredges.
" it looks like an ecological disaster " He may be right but I think this poster is definitely exaggerating and hopefully people won't take him too seriously.