Real Life Recess

• Placencia Peculiarities- "That's so Belize" 2 days ago Things are done a little differently in Belize. From the music to the food to the celebrations- Belize has its own particular style and sometimes its own unique quirks. Anyone who’s spent any significant time here could probably recount their own anecdotes that end with “That’s so...
• Where to eat this weekend in Placencia 5 days ago I’m not trying to tell you how to live your life… but I’m sorta telling you how to live your life. If you’re in Placencia THIS weekend, I want to tell you where to eat. The post Where to eat this weekend in Placencia appeared first on Real Life Recess.
• Bragging about my Bananas 1 week ago So, I guess I’m a farmer now. A year in to the pandemic and I’m finally self-sufficient; growing my own food. Actually, I started on these banana trees like three years ago and this is the first time I’ve gotten them to bear fruit. I’m a proud plant parent. The post Bragging about my...
• Looking for Lynam Prison- another Megan misadventure 1 week ago I don’t necessarily go looking for trouble… but sometimes expeditions turn in to incidents. My friend Cindy doesn’t fully trust me to lead adventures. When I told her about an old, abandoned prison somewhere between Mayflower Bocawina National Park and Pomona village… she wasn’t overly...
• Inland Adventure- Thieving flowers with friends 1 week ago I went on a grand adventure off the peninsula yesterday with friends. She wanted to collect some of those wild orchids that grow on other trees: Epiphytes! Orchids love orange groves. We found LOADS of them growing on orange trees throughout the Stann Creek district, south-central Belize. The...

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