Stann Creek

Hola, Welcome to my travelogue describing and displaying my "solo" trip to North Eastern Central America.

Welcome to my Travelogue! I will be using this to keep a journal and keep in touch with all my loved ones at home. My goal is to travel south into Latin America and see and learn and enjoy all I can. This journal is part of my attempt to give back. ...

... is the cultural and spiritual centre of the Garifuna people, who settled there after coming over from Honduras in the 1830s. Formerly named 'Stann Creek Town' after the creek that runs through it, the place was renamed Dangriga - meaning sweet or still ...

... to Dangriga. On the bus, we met a few people that told us to take the bus past Dangriga and get out at Mango Creek (Independence) and take the ferry across to Placencia. They said this way we could avoid staying in the lousy town of Dangriga. They ...

... 15 minute trip through the mangroves along Mango Creek (big enough to be twice the size of any Albertan river, yet still called a creek...) Got to Placencia and immediately breathed a sigh of relief. It was such a welcome change from  Belize City. ...