{"id":3697,"date":"2015-07-05T12:01:52","date_gmt":"2015-07-05T19:01:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/?p=3697"},"modified":"2022-01-16T09:12:03","modified_gmt":"2022-01-16T16:12:03","slug":"placencia-belize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/?p=3697","title":{"rendered":"Placencia, Belize"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Placencia is back on the mainland, a popular place with lots of accommodation, bars &amp; restaurants. The weather wasn&#8217;t so great with some hairy thunderstorms so we hired a car with Jen &amp; Richard to head inland to go for a hike or two in the Bocawina National Park. One of the hikes was to the base of\u00a0a waterfall, which the boys climbed to the top of with the help of ropes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Bocaw-Falls.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3701 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Bocaw-Falls-e1436932408769.jpg\" alt=\"Bocaw Falls\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Bocaw-Falls-e1436932408769.jpg 480w, http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Bocaw-Falls-e1436932408769-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Belinda &amp; Ken from Free Spirit V who we had originally met in Grenada arrived in time for the Lobster festival so of course we all had to enjoy some of the festivities.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/P1090321.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3703\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/P1090321.jpg\" alt=\"P1090321\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/P1090321.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/P1090321-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/P1090321-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3704\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/P1090320A.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3704\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3704\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/P1090320A.jpg\" alt=\"The local band\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/P1090320A.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/P1090320A-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/P1090320A-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3704\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The local band<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/image.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-3700 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/image.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"189\" height=\"285\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\nThere were all sorts of fishing competitions that the locals participated in. Here is the\u00a0winning Lobster weighing in at 5.5 pounds, thanks to Belinda&#8217;s fine photography skills.\u00a0Sorry Belize but they are definitely bigger in Cuba.<\/p>\n<p>The winds aren&#8217;t dying down so it&#8217;s time to head to our hurricane hole in Guatemala and start boat jobs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Placencia is back on the mainland, a popular place with lots of accommodation, bars &amp; restaurants. 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