Headed to Placencia Belize for NYE

[mr. tegu]

Originally Posted by ChiTown

I'm not going on an imaginary vacation with my imaginary GF to Belize, but I am leaving with my Family this Saturday for a vacation to Turks & Caicos. At my age, wild nights of sex in the Caribbean are not much of a guarantee, but the thought of it keeps me going

Nice. Going to Providenciales? Staying on Grace Bay Beach?

[ChiTown]

Originally Posted by mr. tegu

Nice. Going to Providenciales? Staying on Grace Bay Beach?

We are doing an all-inclusive at the Beaches Resort in Providenciales. It's an expensive trip. It's my wife and I, my 2 sons and their significant others and my Mother-In-Law (who is an awesome Lady).

[mr. tegu]

Originally Posted by ChiTown

We are doing an all-inclusive at the Beaches Resort in Providenciales. It's an expensive trip. It's my wife and I, my 2 sons and their significant others and my Mother-In-Law (who is an awesome Lady).

Have you ever been? The beach is amazing. Typically ranked top 1-3 in the world. Not a ton to do there on the island but that’s the point. Horse back riding or a boat excursion to iguana island is fun though.

[ChiTown]

Originally Posted by mr. tegu

Have you ever been? The beach is amazing. Typically ranked top 1-3 in the world. Not a ton to do there on the island but that’s the point. Horse back riding or a boat excursion to iguana island is fun though.

My in-laws celebrated their 50th Wedding Anniversary down there in 2013. We absolutely loved our visit and vowed to come back. The water is just absolutely amazing. We'll be doing lots of snorkeling on this trip.

Tell me more about Iguana Island. Is it a day trip? bars, restaurants, beaches or just a walking tour to see the iguanas and sea life and then head back?

[mr. tegu]

Originally Posted by ChiTown

My in-laws celebrated their 50th Wedding Anniversary down there in 2013. We absolutely loved our visit and vowed to come back. The water is just absolutely amazing. We'll be doing lots of snorkeling on this trip.

Tell me more about Iguana Island. Is it a day trip? bars, restaurants, beaches or just a walking tour to see the iguanas and sea life and then head back?

Iguana island requires a boat trip. If one wanted I think you could even kayak there from Leeward Marina but our boat just picked us up on the beach by our hotel. It’s completely uninhabited, except by a unique species of iguanas only found on a few places such as that island. What we loved about it is that they take you to these islands and areas that are completely uninhabited and unspoiled by anything. Look the same as they did 1000 years ago. So lots of good shelling also. The one we did was a half day, four hours I think and included a few islands. It’s a fairly short boat ride so you get plenty of time to explore.

They dove for fresh conch along the way and prepared it along with rum punch for a snack. They gave the conch shells to whoever wanted them so we got a couple. We did snorkeling but I can’t recall if it was the same boat and excursion. We also did parasailing which I bet the young people would enjoy.

[ChiTown]

Originally Posted by mr. tegu

Iguana island requires a boat trip. If one wanted I think you could even kayak there from Leeward Marina but our boat just picked us up on the beach by our hotel. It’s completely uninhabited, except by a unique species of iguanas only found on a few places such as that island. What we loved about it is that they take you to these islands and areas that are completely uninhabited and unspoiled by anything. Look the same as they did 1000 years ago. So lots of good shelling also. The one we did was a half day, four hours I think and included a few islands. It’s a fairly short boat ride so you get plenty of time to explore.

They dove for fresh conch along the way and prepared it along with rum punch for a snack. They gave the conch shells to whoever wanted them so we got a couple. We did snorkeling but I can’t recall if it was the same boat and excursion. We also did parasailing which I bet the young people would enjoy.

Thanks for all the info, Brother!

[mr. tegu]

Originally Posted by ChiTown

Thanks for all the info, Brother!

No problem. I’ll be interested in how that all inclusive is. I know it’s super expensive as we had looked before but on a place like Providenciales it might be more worth it than other places because there aren’t tons of other restaurants or things to explore besides the backyard of the hotel at the beach.

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by mr. tegu

Have you ever been? The beach is amazing. Typically ranked top 1-3 in the world. Not a ton to do there on the island but that’s the point. Horse back riding or a boat excursion to iguana island is fun though.

Coincidentally, I've been considering a career change into the profession of beach ratings judge.

[mr. tegu]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

Coincidentally, I've been considering a career change into the profession of beach ratings judge.

Good luck. It’s all about who you know. They don’t let any old schmuk walk on the beach all judging and then write about it.