Day 15, trip to Hopkins

We had seen and read about Hopkins as a place many expats move to, so thought we’d check it out. We rented an SUV for 48 hours from Placencia Car rental. Greg picked it up at noon and we headed to Hopkins.

The drive up there was easy, straight up Placencia road to the Southern Highway and then turn on road to Hopkins. We stopped at the Bistro at Maya Beach for lunch since the food is so good there.

We thought Hopkins would be like Placencia Village , with a mix of locals and expats, but it was very segregated. The town where we had booked our hotel was all locals, and pretty run down. All the restaurants were little shacks etc. not really our cup of tea. We walked around a little then got in the car and headed to the hotel zone at Sittee Pointe. Beautiful houses there, but the road was quite rough and didn’t have the same vibe as Placencia village so we decided to return “home” to Placencia.

We did stop in the town of Hopkins for a drink at the Driftwood bar and took the photo of the lost souls. We thought that was funny!Read more