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Placencia Slideshow
Placencia
Travel Blogs from Placencia, Belize
The Day After
Set to go the ruins today, but Gregory was really sick. We think it was an allergic reaction to the lobster (which he doesn't eat much). So we are at the house all day. I hope everyone understands my decision not to post pictures of ...
Day of rest
... and produce markets carry very fresh tomatoes, avocados, small green peppers, cucumbers and a bevy of tropical fruits. In Placencia, there is a produce market every Tuesday with 4-5 different trucks or stands to chose from. Prices are very reasonable and ...
Enjoying Placencia
Our first full day in Placencia; we decided to go kayaking. The service at the kayak rental place was great. It was basically someone who was renting kayaks out of their house. After getting the kayaks a block to the water we were ...
Hammerhead shark!!!!!!......Diving Silk Cayes
... don’t know if I mentioned it but I just saw a hammerhead shark so that is probably a good return from the time in Placencia even though I only came here to go and dive glovers reef…. Another time ! The weather starts to close in on our return ...
From Tikal to Placencia
... , too. It took about 45 minutes to get through Guatemalan immigration and customs ... and about another five minutes to get through Belize's. The drive along the Western Highway was also fast ... and we arrived on time at the Radisson, where we were ...
The beauty of Placencia
... , grabbed a pic with her and she sent us on our way with bundle of the juicy coconut macaroon to go. Was hard to leave Placencia, we all could have stayed a few weeks, although, we were back on the road before we could say BAMBACLAD. (A creole ...
Another Beautiful place
Placencia is great. What a chilled out atmosphere. It definitely has that same Caribbean flavour as the Bay Islands and then some. We have been staying at a place called Lydia's guesthouse with a really nice owner and an even better front porch. We have ...
Sun, Sailing and the Sea!
... day yet again consisted of lots of sun, sailing and sea, coupled with some snorkeling. We arrived this evening, Sunday night, in Placencia, Belize after 160km of sailing, 3 full days at sea, 2 nights on remote islands, lots of sun, fishing and ...
1st day/ night in Placencia
... red boarding pass – I wonder if there is a colour coded laminated boarding pass system after all, Then flight 3 is from Belize city to Placencia via Dangriga, for this one I sit up front and watch the pilot, must be so different form big commercial ...
A little bit of paradise
... moving on to a new leg of our journey. We finally get through immigration, take the ferry another 15 minutes to Placencia, and walk to find a hotel. Our first stop is Omar's Guest House - shabby lodging with shared bathrooms, but affordable ...
Back to see my man!
Back in Placencia to see my man Franco. Long distance relationships are tough. Maybe I should ...
Sawyer's SCUBA blog/Chilling in Placencia
... really close to the beach, so we can go swimming whenever we want. There's also a lot of good restaurants and nice people in Placencia too, so it's a nice place to stay if you're looking for a good beach town. Anyway, we were ...
beach time
Loved Placencia....sandy white beaches and blue sea...saw dolphins from the beach, though have to watch out for the jellyfish. The little town is cool, paths runnign through wooden shacks and trees with beautiful flowers ...
Placencia
... and only one real street, the whole town seems to be sand, so you never really leave the beach! With hammocks under the verandah of Omar´s where I stayed, and the sea about 15 metres away, Placencia proved a suitable alternative to camping by the river! ...
paradise take two - beach paradise
... on since Saturday and decided we actually DID want to buy), more icecream – and for Anwen a bit more beach time (!) Placencia was better stocked than PG so before we left we stocked up on Raisin Bran, Wheat bread (from ‘John the ...
Romance in Placencia
... about meeting a handsome Belizean man and falling in love before my trip. I didn't expect it to happen! My first day in Placencia I met Franco. What started with flirtation quickly developed into a romance. I've been back to see him, and am going back ...
Ice cream & Cocktails at the end of a long journey
So from Roatan we had a long journey to Placencia in Belize with two flights in really small planes (A Jetstream 31 and a Let UVP for those who are interested) which were good fun. On the first there was a sign saying "USE BOTTOM CUSHION FOR FLOTATION" ...
Verschnaufpause
Der Ruhetag, den wir uns in Placencia gönnten, haben wir quasi vorbezogen - denn die anschliessende Reise nach Mexico hat sich in die Länge gezogen. 19h unterwegs, und das meiste davon in verschiedenen Chicken Buses... ...
What is a "Raggamuffin"?
... to have to listen to generators and bad raggae music all afternoon and into the night. Thank goodness for earplugs. When we got into Placencia, we all stayed in the same area so we were able to have drinks with the other people from the tour. We all got ...
Hot and humid, very hot and humid.
... made Puerto Barrios, dirty, dusty, and did I say dirty? Left early the next morning for Punta Gorda and Belize. We are now in Placencia, a small laid back village at the end of a peninsula. Everyone is barefoot and rasta type. (I've ...
Queen's Cays
Very still morning. We went back to sialnd -- bearing gifts -- beer as a thank you for letting us wander about. They were repairing lots of palms -- half the island had been wasted by the hurricane. After we wandered, they asked if we had chicken we'd be ...
Working on Belize Time
... enough to get invited! Im in! End up at Cozy Corner Beach Bar for the afternoon. One of THE best beaches in all of Belize. Grab my mask and snorkel and head into the seagrass flats! Got to love that first snorkel of the trip! Headed to what ...
One Love
... ;fellow travellers, great snorkelling and the beauty of the sea combined for a memorable adventure. After chilling out in Placencia (where there is a beach) for a few days, we continued our travels. Based on numerous recommendations, we decide ...
Good morning sweet world
... ; more and more, heads turning as we come, we must be a site to see. We park in the small picturesque village of Placencia...lots of locals riding bikes, walking everywhere. This is a very sleepy, small village with a ragamuffin look in a rainbow of ...
Part 2
... see him again over the weekend and we went in the other direction but an example of friendly Belizean people. We carried on to Placencia where we spent a few more beach days. A little too touristy for my liking but some really nice people in the same ...
Djungellyx!
... i landets södra del. Flygningen från Gallon Jug ner till den halvö i karibiska havet där Placencia ligger var ännu mer spektakulär än den från Belize City. Vi flög över Mountain Pine Ridge och passerade Victoria Peak, ett av Belizes högsta ...