Left Miami for Belize City in the afternoon and arrived in Belize around 3pm and flew to Placencia (Tropic Air) for $80~, which was reasonable considering it saved us a 4 hour drive and a night in Belize City. The flight was awesome, and we were able to walk from the Placencia airstrip to Finca well before sunset. Kyle was right there to greet us, helped us get settled and gave us keys to the 2 cruiser bikes that came with the place (which we made use of nearly every day)

The shower had just been refinished so we couldn't use it that night, but Kyle gave us the keys to the house next door and said we could use it instead.

After a dip in the ocean, we hung out in the hammock, unpacked (there are a few shelves and a rack to hang clothes) and watched the sun set over the pier just next to our place. It was hot, sunny, beachy and fun. Overall, great first impression and the perfect place to spend a relaxing week. There were a few board games, some books to read, a scrabble dictionary and everything seemed neat and clean.

The next day we walked into town (about 20 min away on foot) and found great coffee (Aboveground), an amazing lobster omelette and lobster wrap (Omars Creole Grub) cheap coconut rum (Barefoot bar) where we celebrated Bob Marley's birthday.

We took the Monkey River Tour (don't book with anyone but Ocean Motion Tours - they are the BEST) and saw baby howler monkeys, a toucan, crocodiles, blue herons, a tiger heron, a kingfisher, weaver bird nests, turtles, iguanas and finally a baby Manatee and it's mother! It was quite the magical afternoon.

If you want to relax and chill out for a week, Placencia is the perfect place to do it. If you're travelling for adventure then come for 2-3 days, take the Monkey River tour and maybe the Cockscomb tour or one of the snorkelling tours. We were sad to leave and wished we'd extended our trip by a few days (we stayed for a week).