Placencia in Belize Has the World’s Narrowest Street

In this blog post we will feature the National Bird of Belize – The Keel-billed Toucan. The Keel-billed Toucan is a colorful Latin American member of the toucan family and is also the national bird of Belize. Known as the “bill bird” locally, the bill of this bird is vivid and is composed of the following colors: yellow, orange, red, green and black.

When fishing season ends in your neck of the woods, it takes just a few hours to get to Belize Fishing can be an addiction for folks who love everything about the sport. Little gear is required to have a full day of entertainment and being out on the water is better than a tranquilizer. If you’ve got a fishing buddy, life is good. But…

New Year’s Eve (NYE) is meant to be celebrated, not tolerated! Escape the north and find in Placencia Belize  an NYE party that’s far from the ordinary. Are you sick and tired of getting all dressed up for New Year’s Eve only to have your finery obliterated by coats and boots because you’re ringing in 2020 in a place where temperatures are likely to be…

Here are six things to do in Placencia:

To reach Placencia from Belize City you have several options: Drive to Placencia – rent a car from one of the rental agencies located in the parking lot of the Belize National Airport. Ask for directions and hit the road. The quickest way to get from Belize City to Placencia is via the Hummingbird and Souther Highways.  These roads are paved and the signage is pretty consistent….

Do you love Top 10 lists? You should. Top 10 lists save time and money and which vacationer doesn’t want more of both while visiting Placencia Belize? When Moneywatch reporter Steve Tobak tried to explain why people love Top 10 lists, viewers argued that it’s a fad. But 10 years later, top 10 lists remain hot. “Followers can’t retweet them fast enough,” Tobak adds. Is…

Everything gold is considered the best of the best, so when the Belize government began to confer Tourism Gold Standard Hotel approval on properties, nobody was surprised that Laru Beya Resort was one of the first. With the subject of COVID lingering in the minds of tourists from around the world who love nothing more than vacationing in Belize, hearing the news that this luxury,…

Belize is one of the most culturally diverse nations in the Western Hemisphere, thanks in part to it’s Chinese residents. Many keep up with traditions families left behind. Why mention this? Because the number 8 is the luckiest number of all in Chinese society, so your decision to visit 8 of the most popular places on the Placencia peninsula is a most fortuitous decision that…

A charming and gorgeous Peninsula in Southern Belize, Placencia is an ideal vacation destination to do many fun things.  Below are five fun activities that you can do when you are in Placencia: Explore Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary This is Belize’s most famous, and one of its biggest, protected areas – the huge swath of tropical forest became the world’s first jaguar sanctuary in 1984….

It’s Your Honeymoon. Make it Unforgettable in Placencia Belize Had you visited the Brides.com magazine website not long ago, you would have encountered a fascinating article written by Liz Susong that talked about the weird and wacky history of the honeymoon. In the article, wedding historian Susan Waggoner says that taking a honeymoon “dates from the days of marriage by capture when, after snatching his…

A Belize all inclusive vacation has the power to add years to your life Admit it: the last time you declared “Enough!” and decided to relax and recharge was so long ago, you can’t put your finger on the year, much less the exact date. It happens. You are fully caught up in a life that can make you wish you were an octopus with…

The Caribbean in December? Of course, you can afford to go! When Planetware.com published a list of the 10 best cheap places to travel in December, plenty of readers stood up and took notice. Second place on the list was Belize, an affordable destination in the Caribbean during high season that doesn’t ask travelers to empty their pockets for an opportunity to escape to a…

Family therapists Sally and John Connolly know a thing or two about the benefits of leaving familiar surroundings behind and taking romantic vacations to keep their relationship healthy and happy. In fact, Sally likes to quote Dr. John Gottman, the University of Washington researcher, whose focus is on relationships: “It is easy to find things to like [about each other] while on a vacation,” even…

Placencia prides itself as having some of the best diving in Belize …. The Placencia area is rapidly becoming one of the hottest diving spots in the Caribbean region. Here dive sites are more pristine because they have felt less impact from boats and divers. As the Belize Barrier Reef progresses southward along the coast, the reef begins to separate further from the mainland. This…

Mind if we ask a personal question? What color is your brain? This is no silly query, says marine biologist Wallace J. Nichols whose research into the human mind is unique and unprecedented. It has become his mission to share results of his study, proving that keeping the brain happy and healthy is as easy as developing “a blue mind.” Before you call this theory…