Bev & Terry's Travels in Mexico: If You are the Aggie with a Mom Living in Placencia Please Say Howdy

While walking one morning we spotted this older model van parked in front of a house...it had an Aggie Mom sticker on the back window. What a trip that Aggie's mom took. I imagine she just said "screw it" one day and decided she didn't want to pay any more tuition and loaded up the van and hauled it to Placencia. Instead of a "howdy" she shouted out "Bye, Mon".

The village of Placencia sits at the far southern tip of the peninsula. There is one road leading into and out of town. At some points you can throw a stone and hit the lagoon on one side or throw it the other way and hit the Caribbean. In town, they have done something really awesome. That is, they built a sidewalk that runs down the middle of town for pedestrians only. On one side are quaint little hotels, bars and houses that face the sea and the other side of the sidewalk has the same backing up to the businesses that face the actual road. We heard that an archbishop had retired to Placencia quite some years back and he complained about the hot sand so the sidewalk was built to keep the archbishop from burning his feet.

There are also a few side roads that lead down to private homes on canals, a school, peaceful and secluded condos, smaller resorts, and a super nice fishing camp.

The road into town ends at, well, the end. There are a few boat slips, boat docks, and a beautiful anchorage where boats rest in a very protected area. It is well-kept and clean.

The peninsula begins up north. Dangriga is the dropping off point. As you continue south from Dangriga you can either veer to the right and end up at Independence on the Mango River, or veer more to your left and end up on the one road leading into Placencia. So, Richie's Bus Service goes all the way down the peninsula to Placencia. The James Bus Service goes south from Dangriga to Independence and on south to Punta Gorda. If you take the James line, you then have to take the Hokey Pokey Water Taxi over to Placencia.

One afternoon we rented a golf cart from Cap'n Jak's (Lucky and ? from Austin, Tx) and went up north to look around. You go past the Maya Air and Tropic Air terminal and pass The Moorings boat docks and this is where all the newer development is taking place. This is also where the more exclusive resorts are being built.

Before you cross the runway, look both ways!

I think it was also this day that we spotted the wookie balls on the menu of one of the restaurants...a tribute to the wookie-lar we all know and love.

Somewhere along this trip we also went to listen to live music at the Pickled Parrot and were a little disillusioned at the not so nice group of complaining cruisers at the table we sat down at. Maybe that was why Terry gave that handshake where I swore I heard bones crack as the handshaking cruiser swore too. But, we know better and won't let this small sampling of cruisers sway our opinion of the admiration we have for people that have the wookie balls to pull up stakes and go cruising.

Pics around Placencia and up north in the Maya Beach area ----