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Placencia Slideshow
Placencia
Travel Blogs from Placencia, Belize
Cocktails and Dreams
... hinterhergerannt, um ihn fuer uns aufzuhalten. Dafuer mussten wir dann in Dangriga zweieinhalb Stunden warten ;-) Placencia ist DER Ferienort im Sueden von Belize. Er liegt auf einer Halbinsel vor Independence und verstroemt wie auch Caye Caulker so ...
On to Belize!
... bet Jco would agree) and decided that boat-oriented travel days are far far better than bus-oriented travel days. Our trip to Placencia in Belize was perfect for a boat fan, and went like this: 1) Overslept...all of us. This is quite an ...
Jungel, Strand und viele Dirtroads
... , sodass wir für kurze Zeit, wieder zu sechst unterwegs sind. Im Moment sitzen wir gerade wieder am Strand in Placencia, ein mehrheitlich von Nordamerikanischen Expats bewohntes Dorf im südlichen Belize. Das Wetter zeigt sich gerade von seiner besten ...
Placencia and Coxscombe Wildlife Sanctuary
A (by now familiar) bus journey until our desired beach destination of Placencia (situated on a peninsula of land bordered by ocean and a large lagoon), described in our GUIDEbook as a small, sleepy relaxed beach town. Hmmm, don´t know how long ago ...
I'm Only Happy When It Rains
The second week of our trip was earmarked for Placencia, a popular beach peninsula in Southern Belize known for sun, sand and apparently, although it isn't the focus of any websites, old people. Not that there's anything wrong with that. It just seems ...
belize and christmas
... told by our travel agency that this bus would take us directly to the bus station and help us get our connectin gbus to placencia so we were a little surprised when thebus driver shouted 'belmopan' by a road side and pulled over in the middle of ...
Little Fishing Village - Cozy and Laid Back
... you do, you take the opportunity to soak in as much of that place’s atmosphere, culture and hospitability. In Belize, that place is Placencia. Wow, this little fishing village on the tip of a sandy peninsula is everything you want in a laid back ...
the sailing adventure
... the boat and swma back with a load of ice and glasses adn rum and cokes whichc we drank in the sea. later that avo we arrived in placencia, we only had two hours til we had to get back on the boat again as me and beck and about ten others were gonna ...
where the earth stops spinning...
the road, time and the ways of reaching Placencia would make you think you just arrived to the End of The World... but no...just a cut-off from the main land... another "use to be a small, cute fishing village before tourism arrived" where the local ...
Day one of operation Get to Roatan
... minimum waiting times at each location. I've decided to be more of a traditional backpacker and I'm just turning up in Placencia with nothing booked. I have a place in mind which is close to the ferry dock for the following morning. Problem ...
Worth the Travels
Well, we made it to our rental house in Placencia yesterday evening at 5 pm. Right on schedule. It was well worth the long 3 hour drive, plus the time we spent getting the tire taken care of. The house was set about 100 ...
In belize
Just a quick check in to let you know we're good! We got to placencia by boat, a bus, and another boat! We're staying in a run down but safe local hostel with a big lock on the door, on stilts on the beach! Cant wait to see the sunrise. We made talk with ...
Moving on
Today I am moving on from Placencia, but not before I became a local. When we got here Tuesday, we almost immediately became locals. We met Greg, an older ex-pat on the beach, and from there we began hanging out with him and Japs and other locals. We've ...
Belize beginnings
... 11-seat plane around 5 o'clock and flew over most of the country as we made our way to the peninsula of Placencia. The views of Belize City and the Caribbean water were amazing, but mostly you can just see shades of blue from the photos. We flew ...
placencia - da ist nix ....
mir wurde gesagt, dass placencia wirklich schön sei. da angekommen, war es schon schön, aber man konnte ausser aufs meer schauen nicht viel machen. aber auch das war super. einfach mal etwas im meer schwimmen, die seele baumeln lassen oder die sonne ...
Like the little plane
We flew from Belize City to Placencia......were weary at first because there were two young tacky tourists on our plane ready to find the first bar as soon as they got off the plane......one with green hair. ...
A change of plans
Our trip took an unexpected turn, and we ended up in Placencia, Belize. We wanted a good beach experience for this trip, and we got the most beautiful beach I have ever seen. We had originally planned on going to Honduras, but it seemed a bit farther, and ...
Dinner with Lil Billy
... companions and a 31 year old lawyer from Portland has brought a man-doll named Lil Billy with her. You first met him in our Belize airport arrival episode. He gets dressed for dinner with the rest of us and has a pre dinner Beliken beer and off we go to ...
Tropical Placencia
... 20 min. because of thunderstorms in the surrounding area. I was worried we wouldn’t catch our 3:20 pm flight in Belize City to Placencia because of this, but it turns out Belize is actually in Mountain time zone (news flash for ...
Sea Kayaking Adventure tour
Spent the first week here. Few days hanging out at the base camp and checking out the town of Placencia's nightlife etc and then off to the Silke Cayes for 3 nights of camping on cayes and kayaking, snorkeling, relaxing and the best food ever made ...
Let the cruise ships in?
... leaving we listened to an open public consultation with Royal Caribbean, citizens and town council of Placencia, representatives from the Belize tourist board, and even a government minister for sustainable tourism. Professionally facilitated, it ...
No More Rain
... to follow him there. The road to Placencia is really bad so we went to a town further south and caught the ferry to Placencia since it was the fastest way to get there. While talking with our new friend we found out that the sand fleas are ...
Belize : palmier, plage et coup de soleil...
... vous Caye 50 mètres carrés rien que pour toi (50 m de sable blanc et 10 palmiers) pour arriver à Placencia. Cocktail à volonté, musique à fond, le repas c'était les barracudas qu'on péchait...et pas besoin de pull... Le seul problème, ...
chicken bus journey - part two
... bus ride... the bus dropped us off in independence, where there was a cabbie telling us that the last boat to placencia left in 5 minutes.. and wanted to charge us $3 (belize) each to go to the dock... we told him $2 (belize) each and he took us for the ...
Relaxing
Awoke early and finished packing. The Moorings dude arrived to bring us to the dock. We were ready for our de-briefing at 07.59h. The manager arrived shortly after, we debriefed, then we departed. Back to Robert's Grove. Had breakfast, then, as our rooms ...
Dec 14, 2007
Jason found old high school buddy
... ever be able to afford that. Luckily the bus continues though and we learn later, that this new area is called "The Placencia" which will even host a casino. In Placencia itself there are not many budget options. Those that are seemed very run-down so we ...