Today is the start of my return home. Woke up to a 15 minute rain shower. First real rain since I've been in Belize. I was mostly packed already so it was a leisurely morning. I said good- bye to the people at the resort and to the beach too! I'll miss it especially since I know it will be cold and snowy in Calgary. I went at about 9:30 to the Placencia airport for my 10:00 flight to Belize City. It was a small plane with 10 passengers after we picked up som...

Today was another quieter day in Placencia. I stayed in town, walking around town, looking in some more stores at the handicrafts people had for sale, etc. I went back to Tutti Frutti and had a cappuccino gelatto. Very nice. One of the restaurants had BBQ day today, so I had barbecued jerk chicken with rice & beans and coleslaw, plus a beer, for lunch. After lunch, I decided to walk along the beach. Today, the wind finally calmed down, and the water became...

Today was another adventure in Belize. We left at 7:30, to head to c*** comb wildlife refuge, jaguar reserve. Jaguars are night animals and shy from humans, so we didn't see any of them, nor did we expect to. But it was a great adventure anyway. Gilbert ("Gilly") was our guide and he spent lots of time with us. He stopped along the way and took us into a banana plantation to explain some of the steps to us. Interesting. In the reserve, we hiked through the r...

A somewhat quieter day in paradise today. I stuck around Placencia. In the morning, I went food shopping for supper. I bought a bunch of things for tortillas. There is a good place to go to get fresh tortilla wrappers in the morning. Very inexpensive. This was the day I spent a little time on the beach. Only about half an hour for me. I did go into the water too. There were some waves, but I managed to escape without any broken limbs this time! After lunch, I...

Another day in paradise! I got up early this morning to catch the sunrise over the water at the beach. There were a few clouds in the sky so that made it nice. Of course I took a few photos too. Next I had to walk down to the pier where I left on my tour to the Monkey River. There were 5 of us on the tour and interestingly by chance there was a couple from Wisconsin who had also been guests at the resort in Benque Viejo. It was good to meet up with people I'd ...