Summer 2020, we took a family vacation weekend to Northern Belize. We celebrated two birthdays and spent time with friends. I cannot say enough good things about our day trip to Lamanai. Lets start with the fact that you arrive at the site by boat...
Punta Gorda Overnight: Maya Kitchen, Earthship, Fancy Hotel
After living in Belize for almost 3 years, there are still many parts of the country I do not know well. One area I haven't visited very much is in the south of Belize, Punta Gorda (PG). PG is consider (even) more rural than the rest of Belize; there are...
Maya Immersion with Mom
Mom arrives in Belize! My mom made her second visit to Belize in January, just one month after our Christmas visit to the States. We had planned her Belize trip long before our Christmas trip so it was not intentional to see each other SO soon again, but certainly welcome!...
Hopkins Garifuna Immersion
After living here for a year, there are still a few tours offered by our resort that I have not taken myself. I've heard so many amazing things about the Garifuna Immersion tour from day one, so this past summer I decided to take the kids. The Garifuna Immersion is...
Our mini-break…or Trucks, Buses, Vans and Canoes
A Rough Start The title of this post is referencing an old movie called "Planes, Trains and Automobiles" which is a comedy of errors about a man trying to get home for the holidays. While taking 2 day mini-escape from our resort over Easter break we needed quite a few...
Fay’s Belizean Birthday
Before coming to Belize, I was already anticipating Fay's birthday, which would occur within a couple months of our arrival. I wasn't sure which things would be easy to buy and which things would be difficult to obtain here in Hopkins, so I brought some piñata making supplies. I make...
Ziplining at Bocawina
One last post about a crazy awesome tour. As I mentioned, we are the new owners of Beaches and Dreams in Belize and we offer tours through our resort. So, the fun part of getting to know our new business has been taking all the tours (though I still have...
Cave Tubing
After the Mayan Ruins, we drove back in the direction of Hopkins for an hour and stopped for lunch. We were just a five minute drive from our next tour -- cave tubing. After getting extremely hot and sweaty at the sun drenched Mayan Ruins, it was a nice relief...
Mayan Ruins — Xunantunich
One of the fun parts of learning how to run our new business is learning about the tours. The best way to learn about each tour is to go on it! That way we can tell our guests what to expect and help them choose the best tour to suit...