I've been slacking. Slacking and sweating. Well ... sweating, mostly, but ... here's some pics -- tail end of Tela, Honduras .... Puerto Cortes, Honduras ... and ... Placencia Village, Belize.
Again: sadly, I've been pretty conservative about where to just wander around, looking like a tourist, and carrying a rather conspicuous camera, and it's just been way too bloody hot to wear my day pack around, so ... what we have here is just a "snapshot," so to speak ;-)
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| Watchin' the ships roll in .... Tela, Honduras ... where there really isn't a dock, much less a cargo dock. |
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| East of Tela, along one of my epic walks. Guess THIS guy won't be caught looking when the next hurricane comes. |
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| Insert "Little Piggie" joke, here. |
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| Unmarked, unnamed, no-sign lagoon, between Tela and El Triunfo de la Cruz. Odd, but pretty ! |
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| Puerto Cortes, Honduras. Can you believe this guy beat me in an air guitar improv contest ?? |
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| Puerto Cortes. Over 50% of Honduras import-export trade moves through this port (yeah: logistics !) |
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| No flames. No obvious sewage. Probably not a cruise ship ;-) |
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| Or you can buy a Coach Class ticket .... |
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| My little runabout for the Puerto Cortes > Placencia, Belize jaunt. Three (count 'em -- three) outboard motors ! |
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| The Sea can be a cruel mistress. |
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| Yeah. There was beach and beach goers, too |
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| Probably swimming, but I like to think they survived a shipwreck, and were just getting to shore. |
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| ???? I kind of liked it, though ! |
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| 'bout 30 of these in a BIG pen/cage. Placencia Village, Belize |
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| It's one of those Jimmy Buffett-type Caribbean destinations for the cruising set. |
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| Some of whom ALSO stay in budget accommodations, incidentally. |
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| Airstream spotting !!! |
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| And a classic Winnebago ! |
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| The local woodworker. Nice guy. Says eternal vigilance is needed to keep the tools from rusting. I'll bet. |
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| Jet. Words and music by Paul McCartney. |
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| It's like the stuff grows on TREES, down here ! I really don't know what species any of it is, but ... there it all is ! |
Thank you, Mr. Richardson, for keeping me honest and on task :-)
Tomorrow, I fly from Placencia to Belize City. I'll stay there about four days, and then water taxi over to Caye Caulker, staying there for 4-5 days.
But the tropical heat is beating me senseless, so ... if I can't find a way to be in a place where this heat isn't .... I'll be scrounging desperately for a plan -- where are we, now -- R ???
Ciao for now ... from the deeply tanned (so much so that my teeth look dazzlingly white !) nether-regions of ... The Gulag.
Ambergris Caye- pretty touristy, but the people are really nice (despite the fact that the place is crawling with tourists... like me at one time)...
ReplyDeleteLoved the little corner of Belize I saw in 2008. So cool to see you are there now.
Much better... now, was that so difficult? Love the woodworkers everywhere, and the vast stores of WOOD ;) My wife hoards fabric for her quilts... little does she know of the impending wood acquisitions once my shop is finalized ;)
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ReplyDelete@Guyaba: having done Placencia, I was really torn about the Cayes at all -- seemingly more of the same, but even more expensive. But ... you know ... when in Rome :-)
I'm thinking Caulker will give me the feel, though, and I'll skip Ambergris. I agree: it sounds like it would represent all the best AND all the worst of a Caye visit :-)
@Bill: At some point, we'll arrange a relatively informal fabric hoard-off between our respective wives.
Dj's pretty bulked up on that soft stuff, too :-)
I wish I had ANY clue what species ANY of that dimensional lumber is/was.
This region was famous for it's mahogany, but I think it's been strongly curtailed.
I'm guessing, though, that what they use for your basic dimensional lumber (ie, 2x4's, etc), could be considered highly exotic, in the States.
I may have to test the macro capabilities of my camera, and just snap a few pics, next time I stumble on a big lumber stash.
As to wood vs. fabric hoarding: heck yes ! Never admit defeat :-) I decided that building WW projects that worked FOR the quilting sickness was an ultimate win-win.
That's brilliant. Tracy's always needing storage for quilting supplies - so if you can't beat 'em, build a fabric chest ;)
DeleteThe Belize zoo was founded by Sharon Matola. Years ago I saw a program about it, and thought I'd like to help out. If you go there, let her know I'm available.
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