Punta Gorda, Belize Travel Blogs

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 " ...

A travel blog entry by casey_matt
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... 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 follow ...

A travel blog entry by tonyandmarina
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... a takeaway 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 ...

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 America.

... our destination. While scary at first, the entire experience was way cool and by far one of the highlights of Belize. Upon returning, we saw a bunch of people crowded outside someone's house where three men were playing the Marimba, a local ...

... 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 City ...

... 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 ...

... 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 map.

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!). ...

... 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 the ...

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 ...

... !) Edinburgh and work for Haggis tours. So far we have met 2 Scots both called David...........very weird! Not a lot happens in Punta Gorda but we got a very nice room, had a wander around town and bought some provisions for the evening. As the room ...

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 lot ...

... greats of Shula, Marino, Manning and Rice. We couldn't miss that so we arranged to skip dinner at the lodge and Nick took us into Punta Gorda where we all hung out at Felix' Sports Bar - no ids needed. Felix was a NY fan and Ben and him ended up friends ...

Starting my 24 hour mission back home was no fun, so after about a 3 hour ride south to Punta Gorda I arrived at the dock for my boat back into Guatemala.. Literally withing 10 seconds of exiting the bus, I asked for directions to the boat and started ...

From El Estor on Lago de Izabel we went to the Carribean coast to a place called Livingston whence we crossed into Belize by boat (there was an overland option which seemed to involve a combination of pickup truck, dugout canoe and minibus but this seemed ...

... opted against the offer of fresh lemonade out of resused beer bottles off the street! When we thought we were nearing closer to Punta Gorda, a group of Guatemalans pointed out immigration to us and we all got off. We left our bags at the warf shop, paid ...

Another day spent in Punta Gorda. Went to more ruins and to several falls. Santa Cruz was my favoite village where the farms were so neat and many animals, turkeys, pigs etc. People very nice. And of course lots of baskets! Another meal in PG with ...

Dance

We are waiting for the boat tomorrow morning and it is hot!!

Amazing place - beautiful cabins hanging out over the rain forest below!

... fast food!) we bombed up to Belize (three buses and a horrendous boat - why are we bouncing on still water?!) arriving in Punta Gorda to find most hotels shut. Found a hilarious hotel with a fluorescent light and no door to the bathroom. I think me and ...

... customs situation -- teeming crowds, no obvious lines and bureaucrats wielding ink stamps. With only an hour to make our next flight to Punta Gorda, we begin to sweat. The flight we are to take -- Mayan Air -- is not going anywhere without us. Just two ...

... go, following the crowd into what seemed to be a never ending adventure. The taxi boat was a half hour ride, then the chicken bus to Punta Gorda was a good hour and a half but with a big group, time flies. In PG, we had to go through customs to leave ...

We got up this morning after a better sleep (we learned where the extra blanket is for the cold and that the coffee at dinner is not decaffienated!) and we head out for our next adventure. Today we are off to explore the Blue Creek Cave near the ...

Toilet use at the Nicaraguan bordercrossing: 3 Cordobas Half a roasted chicken in the Honduras capital: 29 Lempiras Guatemalan headscarf, Antigua: 30 Quetzales Spending time with my youngest daughter: PRICELESS check out the ...

... and Becca joined three other women (with their intrepid chaperone Nick from the lodge staff) and searched for "action" in Punta Gorda. It turns out their singing, dancing and drinking was the action that night in town. Until the highway from Belize ...