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Hopkins Slideshow
Hopkins
Travel Blogs from Hopkins, Belize
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Tarantulas are cool, but not in the kitchen...
This is a top pick! ... . We didn't stay out long, still being in the early to bed-early to rise habit, and didn't see anything. However, some Belize Audubon Society volunteers driving in later that night reported seeing one sitting in the middle of the road! The next morning we ...
Belize - Laid Back.
This is a top pick! ... form about 7% of the population with heavier concentration on the coast such as Hopkins. One reason we chose to come to Belize and to Hopkins in particular was that they have the longest reef in the northern hemisphere and it is 2nd in the world to ...
Feel the vibe...
... cheerful! We board the last bus at 5:15pm and after an hour journey we arrive in the small, amazingly laid back town of Hopkins. Population - 1800. Sweet. The final mission for the day was to now find a place to stay, after a couple of recommendations ...
Hopkins
Hopkins is a small fishing village, population 600, on the Southern Coast of Belize. I shacked up in a beach side cabaña here for a night, but since the town was of little notoriety, this entry is posted mainly to get a pin on the ...
Silent hunters is a relative term.
... and audibly about the mud, I could have sworn was the same elderly couple I'd seen at Caracol and Barton Creek. I have a feeling Belize was not living up to their expectations. Before we made it completely out, we saw another paca in the brush, bigger ...
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... there discovered it did actually stop Riverside (where the boats arrive) though location & time were sketchy! Had wanted to go to Hopkins, as had read rave reviews online – must have been from a guy with a tourist business there trying to drum ...
Nothing in Hopkins, skip it
... to southern Belize where it would be easier for Jerbo and I to part ways for our separate homes. We had heard that Hopkins was a cool town. So we spent the day bussing it over to Hopkins. I can´t remember who it was that ...
Not the nicest places in Belize
... 't going all the way into the town so dropped us on the highway and we hitched a ride into town from a passing minibus. Hopkins... Is a very quiet, remote village with hardly and people walking around. It's set on the beach and the roads are sandy, ...
Nosee ems - gar nicht toll :-(
... wird, na Prost dann! :-) Soviel zur Plage... Im Moment sitzen wir gerade am Strand vom verschlafenen Örtchen Hopkins. Für die Fahr hierhin wählten wir die abenteurlichere Strecke, welche bei Regenzeit nicht zu befahren ist. Da das ...
Gestrand in Hopkins
... aan. Alle muggen en andere beten zijn verdwenen dus we kunnen weer wat hebben Liefs en een fijne wedstrijd Marten en Karin Yes Hopkins, We are here already for two weeks and we will leave after the Dutchies beat the Spanish next Sunday or what is ...
A Mans Best Friend
S: This morning we woke up at 5am, only because we had to be on the 6am bus heading out to Hopkins which was our next destination. We caught another local bus (old American school Bus) and as you can probably imagine it got packed in by locals going to ...
A Horror in Hopkins/Avoid the Kismet Inn
... Inn, telling us, "I can't tell you how many people have gone there and walked back the next morning with their backpacks basically fleeing Hopkins." To this Carrie replied, "don't worry...we promise that won't be us. One of the main things I want to do in ...
Our Magical Myster Tour To Kismet
... to be ) It was our magical mystery tour. We were opened for anything . Were on vacation to enjoy this wonderful country of Belize and Hopkins was our choice. The signs took us as far north into Hopkins as we could go. The grave yard was on the left and ...
Day trip to Dangriga
Tom, Breen and <i took a day trip to Dangriga to check out the boat schedule to get to Tobacco Caye. The weather is turning hot and we are ready to swin. Very lazy day filled with hammock sufing except for the bus ...
Run, forest, run!
Most people make their way to the Cockscomb Wildlife Basin because it's the largest dedicated jaguar reserve in the world. They blunder around in the jungle like a buffet trolley for mosquitoes missing out on great pictures of colourful birds and ...
Back where we started
We arrived back in Caye Caulker yesterday and couldn't be happier! The sun always seems to be shining with the blue carribean sea just waiting for you. Last night we chilled out in front of our room with nachos and beer, of course the kids induldged in ...
Belize Day 3: Part 2
... their dinner. Herve and Kathy Cormier retired to Hopkins five years ago. They had no prior connections with Hopkins or Belize but, after much research, found it was one of the few safe but inexpensive places left for them to retire to ...
Sleepy little town
Here we are going into our third night in Hopkins, there is not much to do here but the locals are keeping us entertained. And it turns out our neighbors in the next cabana are from Airdrie, imagine that we come all the way to Belize and meet people we ...
Walking tour of Hopkins
... We had planned to move there to save money but committed to beaches and dreams for one more night. We spent several hours walking around Hopkins. The people are so friendly and we met quite a few locals on our walk. After the walk the sun was shining so ...
Day Two: Scary Relaxation!
... down was Beaches & Dreams, an Inn and restaurant which seemed a little more on the low-end side. Heading north, toward Hopkins Village, was a series of budget resorts all, it seems, 100% vacant. We had a sense of being in a place yet ...
Hopkin's Day turned into a week
... ;a week (of course). We didn't even know at the time but it turned out that the weekend we were there was Hopkins Day weekend. So this usually sleepy town was bustling with people. We stayed at Lebeha, which is the drumming center. We actually ...
A perfect end to the trip
Belize was a perfect end to an amazing trip. We fished, snorkeled, and overall just relaxed. The food at Beaches and Dreams was just ridiculously good and the barrier reef was as beautiful as it was big. It sure made for some good snorkeling and Conch ...
The 3-plane hop to Hopkins
... , it was the fastest and most efficient baggage-claim service I've ever been through! ~ The 30 minute drive to Hopkins Village, where our resort Hamanasi is located, gave us a good taste of the area. Dangriga is the center of the ...
Downsizing
we moved from Beaches ad Dreams to the place Breen was staying. <much cheaper and had kitchen ficilities. Met Lotar, a German from Nova Scotia. He is a semi retitred chef and talks about himself a a lot.Our local taxi driver, Alex, took us around to ...
Hopkins Village
We're now in Hopkins village which is a step up from Gale's Point with a population of 1,100. We're staying at a cabin on the beach called Tipple Tree Beya. From our porch you can see the turquoise blue caribbean water. We have a little ...
Sweaty manatees!
Ang and I made it to Hopkins last night for a quick two night stop in a small Garifuna village. It is, indeed, a small village. Ang is still fighting a nasty cold, so we stayed in and watched CSI, hooray for cable! Today was miserably hot but we went for ...
burnt in belize
... fish, eels, star fish, so much coral and more to be seen. i've taken to cycling on janettes shiney red bike around hopkins and down to the beach in the afternoon. Although martin and janettes place by the river is defiantely prettier, It's abit more ...
Kayaking in the Jungle
Hey everyone, I spent the night in Maya Centre which is the closest town, if you can call it that, to Cocksomb Basin, also called the Jaguar Reserve. It is the only Jaguar Reserve in the world, so I decided to check it out. I read about a guy who did ...
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