Blogs from Placencia Village, Stann Creek District, Belize, Central America Caribbean - page 2

There doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason as to when the fishing boats come in with the fresh fish. Somehow I thought fish would be plentiful and readily available; however, fresh fish has been turning out to be more than elusive unless we get it already prepared at a restaurant. It's not carried in any of the markets so almost every day, we go by the dock, there's a small co-op building on the side of the sidewalk and we ask, "Any fish today?" The heavy set woman, who is not all that friendly, sitting out on the deck with an open empty freezer behind her tells us how the boat was there this morning before they opened, or how they had everything at 5 pm two days ago, but never anything while we ... read more

Woke up to a bright sunny morning for a change, sun shining, birds chirping. It has mostly been cloudy with only a few breaks during our first week. That was ok because we were so white that it gives us a chance to ease into the change from winter weather to warmer weather. It's also nice because the construction workers next door are taking the day off so we take the opportunity to sit by the pool while it's quiet. The sun is super hot, we need to get into the pool every few minutes just to bear it. We were a little disappointed about the noise from the construction next door, when we first got here we emailed the people who rented us the condo and sent a pretty strong complaint email about it, they ... read more

We are spending most of our time either relaxing and reading or meandering around the village and eating our way through town at the various restaurants. So far we have eaten out for every meal except breakfast - this is such a treat since it's something we can't ever do at home. We'd run out of places to go in Balfour after a single day. The restaurants have been really wonderful, cheap in comparison to home or the States. Belizian money is $2 to every $1 US. Portion sizes are reasonable unlike the States where the meals tend to be massive. We've been living on mostly fish and chicken, in fact, I have only seen steak on one menu so far and it was seriously expensive in comparison to other items. The side dishes are mostly ... read more

Saturday 14th Jan - Placencia, Belize A barnstorming day of weather again in the region of 30 degrees and it felt like an opportune moment to do a spot of sunbathing. Unfortunately we'd brought along a bottle of out of date suncream with us from a well meaning but probably forgetful family member who'd forgotten that the cream donated had been sat at the back of the cupboard for the past 20 years or so. Now you might think its hard to purchase suncream in latin america, however it isn't in the big cities but as we regretfully found out it is in sleepy beach resorts. Placencia is an amazing place with a really nice laid back and rustic feel to it. There aren't any big modern monstrous hotels, generally just small family run guesthouses albeit ... read more

I know I've been publishing past adventures, but this one is actually current! Miss you all! If you took New Years, Christmas, and the 4th of July and put them all in one month, you’d have September Celebrations in Belize! What a wonderful time to be home on the peninsula….it’s slow season so the faces are all familiar and our favorite restaurants take turns closing for weeks, BUT there are many holidays and things to celebrate! We’ve got St. George’s Caye Day, Independence Day, and our very own Placencia Assassins football team took the national championship last month! I just got back 30 days ago, but of course it feels like I never left…. My first order of business in Placencia was to get underwater, despite the recent news of terrible visibility due to an unusual ... read more