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| New friends in Caye Caulker, Belize |
Infatuation - that unpredictable, havoc-wreaking surge of dopamine that has fuelled the angst of many an artist, musician and poet. Like a filter on an
Instagram photo it suffuses everything with a warm, fuzzy glow; miraculously erasing any flaws and camouflaging harsh truths.
Scientists liken its effects to that of cocaine and heroin, such is its power over our delicate brain-chemistry. And just like an addict trying to go cold turkey, sometimes the only way to overcome an infatuation is to distance yourself from the object of your desire - completely.
This has been my experience with the Caribbean island of
Caye Caulker, Belize. From the minute I stepped off the crowded water taxi onto the dock, I began feeling its effects. The calm turquoise water, the softly swaying palms, the powder-white sand and faded wooden cabanas… after the highlands and jungles of Guatemala, Caye Caulker felt like a different world.
