Placencia Hotel

... on the stereo and all the signs were yellowed with age. The overall color of the place was beige. A corner table was covered with 3 month old newspapers and an old rotary phone. My favorite part was a poster entitled “Heroes” with pictures of MLK, JFK and Obama. We ordered banana shakes and played gin rummy and then headed to the bus station. Generally the buses in Central America are old school buses that didn't pass safety inspections in the U ...

... far mind!)<br><br>At night time we had lobster and rum and tried to dance the night away although there weren&#8217;t really any big parties going on (off season and all) so we went to bed fairly early meaning more beach time the next day.<br><br>Sunday was a bit rainy so we stayed in playing cards for a few hours before the weather cleared enough for more jewellery shopping (the pieces we&#8217;d thought on since Saturday ...

... they thought this was poor! They want to travel more and I encouraged them to do so...Americans need to see more of the world. Unlike Dangriga, the tourist infrastructure here is pretty well established and there are many tour companies doing pretty much the same tours. The one I wanted to do was to the Monkey River and I booked a tour for Monday. Unfortunately, it was cool and rainy so the trip was ...

... Salvador, te pueden parecer 8. Ya de entrada me mosqueó cuando subió con su hijo que el chaval no se sentase con él, pero a los 15min le entendí perfectamente. Para amenizar más el viaje se subieron unos borrachos que se negaban a pagar el billete. Pero vamos eso por allí se resuelve rápido, no se complican, en la siguiente parada se subió un poli, un negro de 2 ...

... a seat and there was a bus employee there that told this drunk guy that was laying down on the 2 person seat to sit up so Adam could sit there. This guy started cursing at him and yelling so loud that everyone on the bus knew that he was a celebrity and stayed in 1st class hotels. After 5 minutes of confrontations, he finally sat up, but Adam decided to continue to stand rather than be next to his new friend. Then when we ...

... a room, our luck soon changed for the worse... The room was even more basic than our Caye Calker pad without any of it´s quirky charm, and was far away from the shops and restaurants. Only after we bartered 10 dollars off the overnight rate and started unpacking, did we notice how dirty it was too! Not quite the clean, tidy, modern facilities we´d hoped for after 3 days on board a boat. That evening all of the people that were on the trip with us, met for ...

... down before he was shooing us back up. We stopped at a bench by the water hole, turned off the light, and sat. We could occasionally see glimmers of movement in the moonlight, and when Julian turned the light on after another thirty minutes of perfect stillness, we saw an enormous tapir, about 500 pounds, drinking and wading in the water hole. We were able to watch it for several minutes before it hid itself in the grass. Julian whirls around, "Did you see it?! Did you see the ...

... us, she offered first so we accepted. The food was pretty awesome, esp. the Jonny Cakes! and it was pretty reasonably priced for Belize. Belize itself is probabally one of the most expensive countires in C:A. (exchange is $1 USD = $2BZD) and the dinner per person was $8 BZD each so not too bad. Ruthie also gave us a few lessons in Garafuna which came in really handy around town! In Garafuna, there is a word for ¨white people´so Ruthie´s ...

Hi All, Getting to this beautiful spot was pretty rough, but very relaxing once we got here. Started quite early on Thursday morning, with Frances feeling very much the worse for wear, despite drunkenly assuring Sam at regular intervals the night before that she was taking it easy. Sam meanwhile was very, very lucky to feel ok, given the amount of 'One Barrel' rum sent down the hatch the night before. Once we reached Belize City, poor Francie sat feeling ill in the ...

... the first 5 minutes and $3 US per minute thereafter! Yes, THIRTY FIVE DOLLARS for FIVE minutes. Bah Humbug! RECOMMENDATIONS If you ever go to Placencia, here are some of our recommendations: * Lydia´s Guesthouse. Absolutely fantastic * Tutti-Frutti. The best gelato and sorbets IN THE WORLD. Run by a French and Italian couple * Wendy´s Restaurant . Great food, wonderful Shrimp Creole, and good prices for the area. * Norman´s Bakery ...