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- Belize Dollar (BZD)
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Placencia Slideshow
Placencia
Travel Blogs from Placencia, Belize
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I spent a week diving the southern Cayes of Belize, along the Barrier Reef. I didn't make it to the Blue Hole or Shark Alley; I didn't need to, Silk Caye and Laughing Bird Caye offered incredible dives. I did my first dive at Silk Cayes and ...
Lime Cay, then Placencia
... water - but crowded. Lots of campers, fishers, kayakers, etc. Good point of wind, finally, so we motor-sailed up to Placencia. Easy trip ... even though our navigation system at one point decided to send us due east instead of north. Made good time. ...
Here Kitty, kitty, kitty.....
... breakfast of rice beans, tortillas, cheese and fruit, we rallied our enthusiasm despite the ongoing down pour. Another side note, in Belize, there is some special food language. Rice beans is a mixture of white rice cooked with red kidney beans. Now ...
Belize.... More Beach....
... (with Quentin and Mohamed) went to Placencia in the very south of the country and the boys, sadly, into Guatemala as they were on a tight schedule. Placencia offered.... well...... more beach. What can I say, another few days of ...
Paradise found!
... 400 feet of private beach and the wonderful private dock also know as a palapua. Starving and too late for dinner in Placencia village, we make a quick meal of fresh tortillas, beans, tomatoes and cheese. It never tasted better. Rum and pinapple jiuce ...
the very beginning....
... , allows guests to use his laptops as long as they order something. Here, I met a girl from Brasil who is on an exchange in Belize from a university in Hawaii and a woman who has been in Placencia for almost a ...
Hunter's story about looking for whale sharks
Today was the most exciting day so far but was also was a super tight schedule. Everybody was rushed in the morning because we didn't want to be late for the swimming with whale fish thing...well you get what I mean. I think my mom was acting like she ...
You Better Belize It!!
... I headed to the airport to meet up with Diane and Erica. We took a hopper plane (it only fit about 12 people) from Belize City to Placencia. Once on the plane, a man turned to us and asked us if we had ever flown into Placencia before because the runway ...
Placencia and back to Guatemala
After a 6am start, a water taxi and 3 buses (which we managed to connect with so easily we were shocked) we got to Placencia and didn't really know what to make of it. We were dropped next to nothing and told that this was the centre and we were like ...
Placencia, the aftermath of Easter
... close for a couple of days to restock and recover. A local lady told us that there had been 6000 visitors in Placencia (normal population 900) over the last few days. One restaurant that was open was the Rumfish. This was fairly ...
Blissfully Belizean
This weekend we planned a trip to Placencia. We hoped for good weather, as every time we go somewhere that we can swim and tan, the weather sucks. This can be seen in the blogs from Mexico and Punta Gorda. We were hoping to leave on Friday but ...
More Belize Beach
Placencia was a more laid back, quieter version of Caye Caulker, and lets hope it stays that way. It takes a little bit of a hike to get there. A bus dropped us off at the side of the road, from which we had to walk into town and down to the ...
Placencia Again
... We spent the rest of the day wondering around town and relaxing. That night we went to church. The pastor was from Missouri I think. It was an interesting but good experience. That night we packed for our trip back to Belize ...
"Best beach in Belize" (?)
... was a relief (English speaking)and a shock (very expensive compared to Guatemala)! We stayed overnight in Placencia, rumoured to have the best beaches in Belize. We seemed to have caught it out of season (hopefully) as everything was closed, the beaches ...
Sreyla: Lobsterfest in Placencia, Belize
... . We arrived at Lydia's guesthouse and promptly deposited ourselves in the hammocks on our porch and began our weekend of laziness. Placencia is a very touristy town and we saw people from all over the world come for Lobsterfest weekend. There was music ...
Placencia
The journey to this beach town on the coast of Belize involved a very hairy boat ride where we spent more time in the air than on the water. It got worse when we were told we were heading for rain and the 10 of us should hide under a large sheet of ...
How could you leave this place?
... of our trip. Everyone told us the middle of the country was flooded and tours were not likely. Placencia has a great beach with three restaurants/bars on the water. Our hotel was very inexpensive and took credit cards. ...
Heading back
We had an incredible dive Yesterday. Saw a moray eel, nurse shark, three sea turtles, tons of fish and coral. We did 2 dives and one was on a 1500 ft wall drop off and we went to 80 feet! I was worried about the pressure with my jaw problems but ...
Weekend in paradise take 3 - our OWN island!!!!
... island for some more beach time, which I think is where we went wrong… Despite ‘reapplying more time than we did in Placencia already’ we all got a little sunburnt… some of us a lot!!! (naming no names… but I really ...
Placencia
... at Dangriga! So we did, but it doesn't take you to Placencia, only to Mango Creek, a fifteen minute water taxi ride to Placencia through the mangrove lagoons. All in all a pretty cool journey when you look back at it but not fun when it's so hot and ...
remember 2BZD=1USD, and buy GOSS chocolate
... . Independence—just a bus stop. People living here and there but so basic and seemingly nothing to do either. Placencia—Accessed by the Hokey Pokey Water Taxi through mangroves of Mango Creek! This QUIET beach was where I spent my ...
Last Days in Guatemala
... at La Cambalacha, teaching gymnastics and dance to Mayan children in San Marcos, all my travels up to Semuc-Champey, Tikal, Placencia, Belize, and Rio Dulce. And most especially all of the absolutely incredible people I've met along the way. It's been a ...
The laid back sea village of Placencia
... first place we wanted to spend any amount of time had to of course be the beach and we picked the perfect place. We arrived in Placencia and I have been so busy enjoying the beach life that I have not had time to make an entry until now! We were greeted ...
Ragamuffin Sailing
... ; The next morning we went straight back to Chetamal in Mexico after 9hrs of travelling. When we crossed the border from Belize to Mexico the Mexican authorities did not even look or stamp our passports so it will be interesting to see what they do ...