Sun 28-Dec-2014 Belize, Travel |
Amanda, Emily, Steven and Andrew with all the grandkids chose to drive up to near Belmopan for a cave-tubing adventure. They loved it as they spent time exploring the caves and swimming through...
Sat 27-Dec-2014 Belize, Travel |
At 7:30 we headed down the road to meet our captain for a snorkeling trip. There was quite a bit of wind and waves, but our captain promised things would calm in time. The trip out to the...
Fri 26-Dec-2014 Belize, Travel |
The day after Christmas was very hot and calm. After a late night which seemed to have included lots of alcohol, the village awoke very slowly. Grouper came to see Andrew and explained that he...
Thu 25-Dec-2014 Belize, Travel |
Christmas day was both usual and unusual. Santa brought stockings for the little ones. We didn’t have our traditional Monkey Bread, but did have some cinnamon bread from a bakery in Belmopan. We...
Wed 24-Dec-2014 Belize, Travel |
David and I headed back to Belize City today to get Amanda who was coming in on the 4:00 flight. Having driven from Belize City to Hopkins in the dark on Sunday, no one in the rest of the family...
Tue 23-Dec-2014 Belize, Travel |
We decided that today was a hiking and climbing day. The Mayflower Bocawina NP is just a few miles north of Hopkins on the Southern Parkway. The drive in is through citrus groves and fallow land studded...
Mon 22-Dec-2014 Belize, Travel |
Today was a beach day. The beach here is absolutely beautiful. Coconut palms provide shade right to the water and Seagulls cottages provides a shelter with hammocks and Adirondak style chairs to...
Sun 21-Dec-2014 Belize, Travel |
We said goodbye to Pauline and Shaneika at Villa Boscardi and headed south to Hopkins. Hopkins is a smallish village right on the coast where we have rented 2 houses for our family of 12 — 6...
Sat 20-Dec-2014 Belize, Travel |
After a leisurely breakfast of eggs, pancakes and fruit and some fun conversation with a fellow guest from California, we headed north again to a bird sanctuary we had read about. It was that or...
Fri 19-Dec-2014 Belize |
Our trip to the Community Baboon Sanctuary was a real treat. I, Janet, had a few reservations as our hostesses at breakfast had spoken of how the handlers at the sanctuary made the baboons do lots of...
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