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Placencia’s Robert’s Grove Goes All Out for the 9th Annual Belize International Film Festival

July 18th, 2014

Life is fun sometimes.  And being invited to the 9th Annual Belize International Film Festival…just invited…is good times.  But four…

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Placencia, Belize’s Lobsterfest is One Giant Beach Party

June 29th, 2014

Even though I live on a gorgeous beach in Ambergris Caye, Belize, travelling south to Placencia always feels like a…

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From Ambergris Caye to Placencia the EASY WAY For Day One of Placencia’s Lobsterfest

June 28th, 2014

If you follow SanPedroScoop.com on Facebook, you are probably sick of my excitement about this weekend but to me, it’s…

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The World’s Largest Commercial Butterfly Farm: Just Another Reason Love Hickatee Cottages & Southern Belize

June 14th, 2014

Just a few weeks ago, I traveled down to Punta Gorda in Southern Belize for the fabulous Belize Chocolate Festival.…

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Not In Your Guidebook: Earthship Lands Besides Lubaantun Maya Site in Southern Belize

June 3rd, 2014

Last weekend, on the very last day of the weekend long Belize Chocolate Festival, we took a shuttle bus down…

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Day Three of The Belize Chocolate Festival: The Lubaantun Maya Site

June 2nd, 2014

After a week of computer PROBLEMS (that seem to have worked themselves out – yes I know…too good to be…

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Belize Chocolate Festival 2014: The Street Festival’s Food, Culture, Music & More

May 27th, 2014

After a full night of heavy rain that lulled me in a Hickatee Cottage’s coma, I was ready for my…

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Day One Of the Belize Chocolate Festival: Arrival in Punta Gorda, The Wine & Chocolate Party and More

May 24th, 2014

After one day and two nights in beautiful Placenca, yesterday morning I hopped on the 9am express bus for the…

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It’s Been Too Short Placencia – My Last & Only Full Day Around The Village

May 23rd, 2014

Yesterday started as most do…with a bit of blogging and coffee sipping but this time on a breezy veranda on…

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The Trip From Ambergris Caye To Placencia, Yoli’s Bar and The Lovely Sea Glass Inn

May 22nd, 2014

I’ve taken this bus ride quite a few times from North to South (or mid to lower South) in Belize.…

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Two Budget Hotel Options When You Travel to Hopkins, Belize

April 9th, 2014

Everyone has different priorities and budgets when it comes to travelling.  And we all know the sometimes it feels like…

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Two Very Funky Businesses in Hopkins, Belize Producing Great Stuff

April 8th, 2014

Hopkins, on the southern coast of Belize, has a feel all it’s own.  The landscape is beautiful…beach to mountains.  And…

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Hopkins, Belize’s Bioluminescence Night Tour: Dip Your Hand into the Burnin’ Wata!

April 5th, 2014

My last post showed “downtown” Hopkins village in Southern Belize.  The tiny village, some of the people, the coast line.…

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Hopkins, Belize: A Village Tour & Travelling There

April 4th, 2014

Hopkins is a small village (Pop. less than 2000) stretched between two rivers on the Caribbean Sea.  South of Dangriga…

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My Tour Around the Sanctuary Belize (or BuyBelize.com) Mega-Project: Part Two

April 3rd, 2014

Over the past few days, I’ve been describing my weekend tour of the largest development project that Belize has ever…

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My Tour Around the Sanctuary Belize Mega-Project in Southern Belize

April 1st, 2014

I’ve posted for the past two days about my weekend tour of the absolutely gigantic project, Sanctuary Belize.  Located between Hopkins…

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Sanctuary Caye: Sanctuary Belize’s Private Island Getaway is SPECTACULAR

March 31st, 2014

Over the weekend, I visited Sanctuary Belize, the massive development – (I’ll call it the) town planning project just south…

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Kanantik Resort & Sanctuary Belize – Where to Even Start?

March 30th, 2014

Sanctuary Belize is a huge, well awarded development project currently happening in Southern Belize…just south of the Hopkins area and…

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2014 Placencia Art & Music Festival: THE ART and THE MUSIC!

February 18th, 2014

Yesterday’s afternoon post went in a few different direction:  bus travel…my lodging…Chelsea Handler…but didn’t really get to the main reason…

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My Journey From San Ignacio to Placencia, the 2014 Art & Music Festival and Chelsea Handler!

February 17th, 2014

Friday afternoon I attended a gorgeous wedding at the magical Cahal Pech Maya site and Saturday morning I needed to be…

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