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Punta Gorda Slideshow
Punta Gorda
Travel Blogs from Punta Gorda, Belize
Punta Boring
This is a top pick! Took a boat and a bus to the most southern town of substantial size in Belize and upon first impression with sunny weather, it seemed like a worthwhile place to spend a night, so we refused the afternoon boat heading to Guatemala and settled in to the ...
Bye Bye Belize
This is a top pick! After a long uneventfull journey from San Ignacio to Punta Gorda we eventually arrive after dark and our preferred accomodation is fully booked, just great. Captain John spots us backpackers roaming through town looking a bit disorientated and kindly ...
Say bye to Belize and hi to Guatemala
This is a top pick! ... we get up in time and arrive at the airport 40 minutes before the plane leaves, which is a lot here. 9 o'clock plane to Punta Gorda (or P.G.) please. Ohoh. She starts calling. The language is a mixtures of English, Spanish and local dialect but I can ...
Clinic Wrap-Up
This is a top pick! ... Medical Clinic, one of the partners for the HOPE clinic this week, goes twice a week to the more remote villages around Punta Gorda. They take a mobile clinic, complete with a doctor, a few medical students, a pharmacy student, and medicines and other ...
At the Clinic
This is a top pick! ... help but feel that this week isn't entirely 'normal' either. This week we're spending our time volunteering with the HOPE clinic in Punta Gorda, as I mentioned in the last post. Our routine for the week seems to be working out, and things so far are ...
Arrival in Belize
This is a top pick! ... in conjunction with the International Day of the Elderly. The week is a joint project between a group of nuns here in Punta Gorda and the HOPE foundation, with assistance as well from some people from the Hillside Medical Clinic. During the week, a ...
Big update
... Chinese meal. Waking up the next day we headed straight out to the bus station to head south to a place called punta gorda, Belize City didn't look to inspiring. The bus journey down here was one of the best ever, it was an old school bus ...
Fat Port Town, Punta Gorda
We decided to spend a few days making our way down the coast of Belize, into Guatemala and then to Honduras... and had decided Punta Gorda looked quite quirky... we even planned it so we would arrive for market day, as Lonely Planet had said that was ...
On the road again...
... of the most sketch and dangerous cities) and then Punta Gorda where we would catch the ferry in the morning to Livingston, Guatemala. Punta Gorda, not much than a quick stopover for most travellers, it was quaint in itīs own way. We ate from one ...
Modern Mayans
... this, I didn't even know Mayan people were still around. They are, but not many - something like 30,000 in Belize. Punta Gorda isn't much - mainly two streets along the waterfront and docks for boats to Guatemala, which you can see across the bay. It's ...
Battle of the Drums
We travelled down from Caye Caulker to Punta Gorda on a whim because we heard they were having a battle of the drums contest for Garifuna Settlement Day. We heard really cool drumming from competitors from all over Garifuna villages in Central ...
Barranco
... been back since. Later that night, we found the bar (run by Irma and her family). Hung out watching a punta rock DVD (the music the youth of Belize like) with the locals again, sinking a few Belikins. Got back to the guesthouse about 1am ish to ...
The Traipsing About
... of village) and just about six hours from first thumb up until arrival at the designated resting spot. The chicken bus ride from Punta Gorda to San Ignacio would have taken about the same amount of time. Our windblown nobody was very satisfied with the ...
Sleepy Boarder Town
... daily boat from Livingston to Belize, so I took a boat from Livingston to Puerto Barrios where I later in the day caught a boat to Punta Gorda, Belize. Once in Belize, I stayed the night in the quiet border port town with the seven hour bus to Belize ...
PG
... like it was going to crack apart at any moment dispersing us all into the Caribbean Sea. Fortunately, upon reeaching Punta Gorda, the name of the bus company inspired great confidence for my transport to Palancia! The guidebook describes Punta ...
Punta Gorda
... can get their passports stamped and hire a boat to enter Guatemala by sea via Livingston, which sits about 1 hour to the south. Other than the pleasant boat ride, Punta Gorda is quite sleepy and makes the travelogue mainly to get a pin on the ...
Punta Gorda
Ariived in Punta Gorda around 8.30pm and found the Natures Way guesthouse - really grumpy woman answered the door, it was only 9pm but she was obviously in her bed (note to self - must write to Footprints guidebook to say - UNfriendly guesthouse!). ...
Punta Gorda
... two days at Punta Gorda and scheduled a half day kayak trip down the Rio Grande River just outside PG (that's what they call Punta Gorda in Belize) for the next day. The next when we left for the trip they drove down this road that is apparently where ...
A road Trip south
Away from the relaxed atmosphere of the Cayes it was back on the speedboat to Belize city and onto the bus heading south for Punta Gorda (PG). I really wasnt arsed travelling either as had picked up a poxy cold after diving but anyway had to move on. It ...
Punta Gorda
... 3 times before we can understand any, luckily they are happy to do so. The area is next to the beach down at the southern tip of Belize and we are parked up looking out onto the sea. We will be staying till the end of the month as we have to renew our ...
Punta Gorda
... bus route without having to drive all the way back up the dirt road to the highway. Waiting for the bus to Punta Gorda we met 2 other travellers waiting for the same bus. Dave and Katz live in (unbelievably!) Edinburgh and work for Haggis ...
Mayan Villages
Left Punto Gordo on a visit to the Mayan villages in the nearby highlands. We drove through four villages in all, starting at San Antonio. This was the largest of them and is similar to most of the Belizean villages. The road to get here was also graded ...
Belize, Brad, Gellato!!! Caving, Hiking and Scuba
Hey all!!! Things are going really well here in the world of traveling... Greg and I arrived into Belize at Punta Gorda (where we are leaving from today) on April 9th... so we've been here about a week and a half.....It was a quick trip but we did a ...
Breakfast in Belize
... me there in the first place) I caught the first boat on a beautiful, sunny day for the 45 minute trip to Punta Gorda, Belize. I only received a mild scolding from Belize Immigration for not having any luggage and a strong "suggestion" that the ...
1. Cez Belize
... nas takoj za mejo odpeljal do pristaniskega mesta Puerto Barrios, od koder smo se s hitrim colnom odpeljali do pristaniskega mesteca Punta Gorda v Belizu. Voznja je trajala eno uro in coln je med tem veselo nabijalo, in noter seveda vse nas. Pot do ...
Marimba & Cave Swimming in Blue Creek
Read More and See Photos at Adventures of a GoodMan After a quite Easter Monday arrival to Belize (during which nothing was open), Carrie and I headed off to Blue Creek: a Mayan village where we were going to experience "typical Mayan culture, meals ...
The tale of the missing Mayan children
... for a good story: A couple years ago, two Indian (Mayan ancestors) children were selling lemonade at a stand in Punta Gorda and, suddenly, disappeared. The police exhausted all possibilities, but came up empty-handed. The dissatisfied villagers decided to ...
Travels to Belize
... our way away from the dock. Two hours later, when we pulled up to the dock at Punta Gorda, Belize, my knuckles were white, Whitney had a permanent grin on her face, and everyone and everything was drenched. There were countless ...