Belize
Placencia

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    • Day 12

      Day 12, Thursday

      January 20, 2022 in Belize โ‹… ๐ŸŒ™ 77 ยฐF

      Warm day today, not much wind. Did a new 30 minute workout today and with the lack of breeze it was very hot, but we finished it! We’ve worked out everyday since we’ve been here. One of the advantages of longer trips, we don’t need to be in a rush to get everything done. We can relax in the morning with coffee, then exercise, shower, then on to whatever we want to do for the day.

      Did a little shopping on way to pick up lunch at the Shak. Saw some things I want for the house. Lots of artwork type things that are handmade.

      Dinner at SmokQiz on the Sidewalk. The owner there is an amazing chef, really good at presentation as well. Funny seeing him work in T-shirt, shorts and flip flops. Greg had the shrimp creole special and we had lobster spring rolls which were delicious!

      The neighbor across the road has chickens and what appears to be a “broken” rooster. The rooster crows at all times day and night. We’ve heard him crow at 4 am as well as all different times during the day and evening. Not constant, so not annoying, just funny that he does it at such different times.
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    • Day 11

      Day 11, Wednesday

      January 19, 2022 in Belize โ‹… โ›… 81 ยฐF

      Beautiful day! Warmed up again so turned the AC back on. Cappuccino and workout in the morning, then headed to the Placencia Beach Club. Perfect weather, with nice breeze so we didn’t even get in the pool. We did wade a little into the ocean and saw several jellyfish so didn’t stay in water long! Greg had been having trouble sleeping, so took a nap on the beach, such a tough way to nap๐Ÿ˜„.

      Had salads for lunch. Great way to eat healthy (and offset the ๐Ÿน and ๐Ÿบ). Greg said it was one of the best Greek salad he’s had.

      Returned to Cha Chi’s again tonight for pizza. The staff there know us too well now ๐Ÿ˜ƒ, but the pizza is soooo good and after light healthy lunch we were hungry for pizza!

      Finished with our walk down to the end of peninsula and up the sidewalk. I turned in early after spending all the time at the beach and fresh air!
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    • Day 10

      Day 10

      January 18, 2022 in Belize โ‹… โ›… 77 ยฐF

      “Chilly” today. High of about 75 and cloudy all day. Food specials were listed at many places as conch soup for the chilly day! We were able to shut off air conditioner at the house and enjoy the windows open. Lunch at Tipsy Tuna and dinner at Barefoot bar. I had a light lunch so splurged on a grande enchilada for dinner, it was huge, needless to say I only ate 1/2. After dinner we did the usual lap with a walk down the sidewalk and back up Placencia road.

      Solved our streaming problem today by buying an HDMI cord at the office supply store in the Village, small little place but had the essentials. With the cord and the VPN we signed up for that shows we’re in Miami we were able to stream from our computer to the TV. Finished the night watching some of our shows on Amazon Prime (final episode of the Expanse) and Apple TV ( season 2 last episode of the Morning Show).
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    • Day 2

      Day 2

      January 10, 2022 in Belize โ‹… โ›… 82 ยฐF

      Beaches & Cream coffee shop is 75 ft from the Seaglass Loft house, so I had to go get cappuccino’s and banana bread this morning. Very good.

      We walked around the village some and had lunch at Barefoot Bar. Great food. I had a portobello burger and Kelli had a shrimp wrap that was gigantic. I tried the local beer, Belikin, it was good. Better than the hoppy IPA’s that have taken over at home.

      We left a little tipsy and walked up to the beach club. Met the owners and it is very nice. We will probably go back tomorrow and join. $25 for the month for groomed beach, pool, restaurant and bar.
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    • Day 1

      Arrival

      January 9, 2022 in Belize โ‹… โ›… 82 ยฐF

      We flew in on 1/9/22. Omicron variant of Covid-19 is in full swing so we were a apprehensive to travel but feel much safer here. Mask mandates are enforced here even outside other than drinking, eating or swimming.

      Our Covid tests results didn’t come back before we traveled so had to be tested when we arrived at BZE. process was easy then took the commuter flight to Placencia.

      Small plane was fun, and he house we rented through Airbnb, Seaglass Beach Loft is wonderful!!!

      First day we walked down the sidewalk and back up Placencia road, getting a few things and had our first dinner at the Tipsy Tuna. Met some Canadians that were vacationing for three weeks. We were exhausted so turned in early.
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    • Day 22

      The run for the boarder!

      May 16, 2018 in Belize โ‹… โ›… 19 ยฐC

      We got off he island, but not out the country. The ferry leaves on Friday morning, so we’ve got to chill here for a couple of nights. It’s a pretty weird place with loads of seppos and resort type stuff. Odd. Got local busses all the way down, was good to see some country and got chatting to some locals. Very interesting!Read more

    • Day 97

      Placencia

      June 26, 2015 in Belize โ‹… โ˜€๏ธ 22 ยฐC

      Back on the chicken buses today where we discover what the Belizian etiquette is with regards to queing- 1. Seniors go first. 2. A complete free for all where everyone pushes you, mothers and children out of the way. The bus is packed and we somehow end up at the back of the queue, the bus attendant doesnt let us on, "Bus full, wait for the next one (in an hour!)" except as soon as we get off 3 more people hop on! Oi! Eventually he feels sorry for us because we have a connecting bus to catch, so crams us on and insists we sit down.. we squish in 3 to each bench seat. 2 minutes down the road apparently standing is ok again and they stop to let more people on the bus!

      Anyhoo, we make it to Placencia eventually and its very nice.. its set right on the beach and has a much more local feel than Caye Caulker. Trav has found us an amazing airbnb place and we have the whole house to ourselves! Homemade shrimp linguine for dinner :-)

      Sunny day tomorrow for our snorkeling trip please!
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    • Day 23

      Days 22 &23

      January 31, 2022 in Belize โ‹… โ›… 73 ยฐF

      Days started off as usual with cappuccino and workouts. We discovered Wordle (Wordle is game where you have 6 chances to guess the 5 letter word) a week or two ago so do that every morning as well.

      Sunday the weather cleared up a little so we went to the beach club and had our usual salads. Great and relaxing day as always.

      Dinner was pizza at Cha Chi’s which never disappoints.

      Monday we hung around the house as the beach club is closed. Greg made lunch at the house for the first time. We had tuna pasta salad. Would have been better with onion and garlic powder, but it was still good.

      In the afternoon we made the lap down the road and back up the side walk stopping at the office supply store because we needed to get some documents printed for our ferry to Ambergris Caye as well as documents for our visa extension. Very small but has most everything you would need and does printing for people and even has a computer you can go in and use. Very convenient. Cost $1.75US for 15 pages.

      Monday evening we had dinner reservations at the Galley behind the soccer field. We had heard Dawn the cook is amazing. What an experience. Small place, with screened in porch for dining. When I messaged through Facebook for a reservation this is the auto reply while waiting for confirmation: ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—š๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐——๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜‚
      Monday to Saturday
      5:30 pm to 9 pm.
      Call 602-0463 to order.
      ๐Ÿ”นFish, 35
      ๐Ÿ”นShrimp, 38
      ๐Ÿ”นLobster, 65
      (Prepared grilled, Creole, curry or garlic.)
      ๐Ÿ”ธGrilled Pork Chops, 30
      ๐Ÿ”ธGrilled Porterhouse Steak, 55
      ๐Ÿ”ธGrilled Ribeye Steak, 45
      (๐˜‹๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜บ๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ข ๐˜ด๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ข ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ‘๐˜ฏ’ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ด.

      There isn’t a printed menu, they just tell you what the drinks they are making and what the appetizer is for the night. Dawn come out to each table and takes the main course order answering questions and telling you the options available that night. We had the conch fritters appetizer and Greg had Shrimp Creole with coconut rice and I had the fish (snook) grilled in cast iron skillet (only option for fish that night) and the coconut rice. You have to wait your turn for food as she cooks each tables meal in order of arrival, but we’ll worth the wait! Greg said his was the best he’d ever had and he’d eaten that dish at KPaul’s in New Orleans!

      Before we left we made a reservation for Thursday night!
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    • Day 19

      Day 19

      January 27, 2022 in Belize โ‹… ๐ŸŒ™ 77 ยฐF

      After our cappuccino and workout, we spent the day working on transportation to Ambergris Caye and cart rental as well as our Europe trip for the summer.

      We decided to try the water taxi to Ambergris Caye rather than fly. We’ll see how that is before we decide our return trip. We also booked our flights and VRBO for Paris. We found an apartment in Morais that is in a great location, with small kitchen and even washer/dryer way cheaper than a hotel. It even had a little balcony overlooking a courtyard.

      We had the special today for lunch at Detatch. The daily specials are usually a really good deal, this was $14 BZ which is $7 US. It was fried fish with stew beans and coconut rice today. I really liked the stew beans, which is surprising since I don’t like most beans. We weren’t sure of the type of fish, but it was very good but had bones. The wind was blowing pretty hard today, so as you can see from the picture my hair was blowing a lot!

      We tried someplace new tonight for dinner, the Secret Garden. It is tucked behind the building where Rick’s Cafe is on Placencia road. Wow is all we could say. The place is adorable the way they decorated it and they were playing old blues music, which Greg especially liked.

      The food was delicious, probably my favorite so far on this trip. I had the almond crusted red snapper. Everything was amazing. Really want to be sure to get back there again before we leave.
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    • Day 17

      Days 17 & 18

      January 25, 2022 in Belize โ‹… โ˜€๏ธ 84 ยฐF

      Mornings were HOT exercising on the deck, without much breeze, but we did it. We don’t have a scale, but felt we were starting to possibly gain a little so are being a little more careful on our food choices this week.

      We decided to chill at the beach club on Tuesday and Wednesday. The weather was warm, sunny and breezier at the beach. They have really good salads there, so we had salad for lunch and enjoyed the beautiful weather each day.

      Dinner on Tuesday was pizza at Cha Chi’s. They were extremely short staffed, but the pizza was still delicious and the waitress was doing her best to keep up.

      Dinner on Wednesday was at Rumfish. Since the amount of tourists is starting to pick up, we made a reservation by messaging through Facebook so had a table on the rail. Food was delicious. I had the snapper special and Greg had a pasta dish. (I don’t remember the names).

      It was fun watching the vans pull up from some of the resorts up the peninsula dropping off guests who are a little dressed up, which is not necessary in the village. One of the things I like about the village is how casual it is. Flip flops everywhere, no need to worry about getting ready for the evening!
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    Placencia, PLJ

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