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Change in the Sea Air – Placencia, Belize
Blog: Trans-Americas Journey - 22 August 2011
There have been big changes in Placencia since Eric visited in 1993–though we were happy to see that the tiny (but expanding) landing strip still exists in the midst of a giant curve in the road, sometimes requiring drivers to stop and wait for planes to clear the asphalt on their way into or out of the airport. Unlike in 1993, the road to Placencia is paved all the way and construction of fancy homes and condo buildings is going on everywhere you look, giving the place a kind of Caribbean Hamptons 30 years ago feel. Out a long peninsula, the area has one road.
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Easter Weekend in Belize
Blog: Snarky Tofu - 22 April 2011
Image from www.stanncreek.comIt is Ten PM in Dangriga and the streets are alive with drumming and music. Down the street Garifuna men are drumming not too far from the Drums of our Fathers statue.
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Notes of a grumpy Travel Writer
Blog: Snarky Tofu - 18 April 2011
So I'm sitting at Above Grounds Coffee in Placencia, eight AM or so, having a morning coffee with my friend Dave. Ice Lattes, five Belize. Two-fifty US, no big deal (as Tommy would say).I like Above Grounds, not just because Keith makes the best coffee in town, but also because he listens to streaming radio from Alberta Canada. CKUA. It's a good station, playing an eclectic variety of music. Also, It makes me feel good to know that it's 2 degrees Celsius in Medicine Hat.
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Pecks of a Random Woodpecker
Blog: Snarky Tofu - 7 March 2011
What's that tap-tap-tapping on my wooden home? Lasts for 2 minutes, never more, then stops. I hear you. Things to do today: Finish coffee. No, I don't mean "finish coffee," as in "finish the cup presently in front of me" or perhaps "Finish the pot currently on the stove." I mean, "Finish Coffee", as in ...All of it. All the coffee in the world. From Nearby Guatemalan blends to the rare and elusive Taiwan cold press, and everything in between. All of it must be finished. By Me. Today. It will be a Herculean task, and I must be up for it. I need a cup of coffee.
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Heading South with Botfly Boy
Blog: Snarky Tofu - 19 February 2011
It's been a week between posts, and a long one at that, long on travel, long on strange drama. The last week of research before the sit down, stay still, write and edit to be done (partially, at least) in the jungles of the Toledo district, where there is little outside of farm chores and the occasional interaction with scorpions to distract me from the work at hand. My friend Dave is traveling with me, heading to the farm to begin an extended stint as an intern. Getting into the mood, he has already become infected with a botfly and is determined to carry it to term.
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Tropical Storms in Belize
Blog: The Belize Travel Experience - 23 October 2010
I had my third visit to the island of Caye Caulker in September 2010. My friend John and I decided we wanted a 10 day getaway to sail, snorkel, fish and tan.September is towards the tail end of Hurricane Season but we didn’t mind.
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Anatomy of an afternoon’s hitchhike
Blog: Snarky Tofu - 12 December 2009
Hopkins is a beach village four miles off the southern highway, and Placencia is a tourist town sitting at the tip of a long peninsula. As the crow flies they’re close enough, but I'm no crow. And there isn't a direct bus.
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Halloween at Placencia
Blog: Viva Latin America! - 7 November 2009
Or their version of it, anyway. It was around the Day of the Dead time for the rest of Latin America, and so the English-speaking Belizeans go trick or treating. We headed to Placencia to find a beach. For a country with such a vast amount of coastline, Belize isn’t actually all that hot on beaches. [...]
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Remembering Belize: A Diver’s Journey Through Central America
Blog: Canada's Adventure Couple - 16 June 2009
Look Up! The man yells as we pull our dive gear and carry our packs from the bus station to the waterfront of Belize City. Hesitant, we worry that he is trying to distract us to relieve us of our abundance belongings
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