Placencia (Belize) - photos

Placencia (Belize):

From Rio Dulce, we took the boat to Livingston a small town on the edge of the lake Izabal. Here, we waited a couple of days for the ferry to leave for Belize. It was very humid and hot with lots of mosquitos! We spent our time reading and playing cards as nothing to do here. No picture either as nothing to see!

From Livingston, the journey on the ferry took 1hr and was not too bad. Obviously, I did not get any breakfast prior to leaving! But the sea was pretty calm.
We arrived at Punta Gorda, South of Belize and what a surprise to hear english!! Due to the fact that Belize is a former British colony, English is the official language. Even Lee had some issue switching back to his mother tongue! Well, it was not so easy to understand them because they are talking a mix between creole and english and also the Garifuna.

From Punta Gorda, we took the bus to Independence then a small boat for Placencia, a small village on the Carribean coast. In Belize, we will stop only in Placencia and Belize City because things are very expensive here. There are nice cayes and nice Mayan ruins on the West but we could not afford to stay too long.

In Placencia it was very cloudy and windy and we had some rain during the afternoon. Not the idyllic holidays! Lee spent most of his time fishing and caught 3 medium size yellow tail snappers. We had them for diner, very nice! And it was nice to have our own kitchen for 3 days because we could cook nice home dishes and without the trouble to have other persons messing around! Still no camera for me so all the pictures taken in Belize are from Lee.

- Sunrise on the Carribean Sea. Very cloudy already...
- Early afternoon, the sky was getting more cloudy and rain was very close,
- Lee was happy to catch some fish. This one was too small to be eaten but he caught 3 decent size yellow tail snappers...
- ...which I prepared in the French way...sliced onion, sliced lemon, sliced tomato, sliced mushrooms, a little of oil et voila! Bon appetit!