July 16, 2014 - Real Life Recess

Placencia’s beaches and bars

Jul 16 2014

So Placencia is cool, I mean really cool, and it’s pretty damn easy to get to if you want to shell out the cash for a Tropic Air flight from Belize City to the little air strip just north of town… which is exactly what we did. It was about a 20 minute flight on a little 14 passenger Cessna- the type where they distribute the passengers in the seats based on their eye-ball assessment of your weight. FUN! If you know me, or have had the distinct…

View of Tri Tan beach cabanas Placencia- Real Life Recess

Jul 16 2014

In February we went to Belize for a 9 day vacation/ reconnaissance mission. We were scouting potential towns that we might end up moving to. You can learn PLENTY about the Belizean towns that draw tourists and ex-pats by simply searching the web. There are tons of reviews on sites like Trip Advisor and tour operators have tidy little descriptions of different areas on their websites plus you can find at least one ex-pat blog for whichever district you’re interested in. Phil and I did loads of internet…

Introductions

Jul 16 2014

Hi there! Thanks for reading my blog. I’m Megan and my husband is Phil. We’re really a very average (read: boring?) couple. Phil is a physical therapist and gym rat; he even did some body building competitions a few years ago. I’m an office manager for a group of radio stations now but I used to work in social services. We met years ago when I was still in college- we dated, we moved in together, and we eventually got married. Pretty standard stuff. We…

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Placencia’s beaches and bars

Seeking our place in the sun- looking at potential locales for our move to Belize

Introductions