Beautiful Belize
Beautiful Belize December 2024 Precious Placencia We are wrapping up 2024 with a family trip to Belize, starting beachside in Placencia. This is a fabulous, low-key town without the tourist crush of some of the Cayes. We are now spread over two continents and three cities so these family trips bringing us together are pretty special. Just us on the beach. This beach is at the Placencia Beach Club. We thought it a bit odd that the beach club closed at 5pm.
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South Water Caye, Belize
Seductive South Water Caye Arrived at South Water Caye, just in time to give the kayaks (or us?) a well-deserved rest. Bedding up for the night...hopefully there are no big waves that carry our chariots away in the night. Mangroves used to protect many of the Cayes from erosion. Sadly, resort and tourism development cleared much of this natural erosion protection to the point that some have lost over 100m of beach over the past 50 years.
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Hopkins, Belize
Mayflower Bocawina National Park And now for something completely different…back on the mainland. The park is a bit off the regular tourist track. It was originally established in 2001 to protect the Mayflower archaeological site, which we didn't see. It has since expanded its mandate to protect the surrounding forest, biodiversity and waterfalls, which we did partake in.
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Tobacco Caye, Belize
Breathing Deeply in Belize What an amazing trip to Belize with a fantastic group of women. My first girls' trip? Here's a kick off to a week of nature above and below the ocean. Safely landed in Belize. Write your caption here. Our lovely cabins at Tobacco Caye, off the coast of Dangriga. This tiny little island has a mere 20 permanent residents so with 12 of us showing up we more than doubled the population in one fell swoop.
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