Placencia

The day after Caracol, we decided to go to a beach town by the lagoon in Placencia. We headed out at 5am and drove for 3+ hours. We parked the car and took a 15 min ferry ride. Placencia has a lot of restaurants and some shops for shopping. It was extremely hot so we went to get something to eat first at the Purple Space Monkey. The food was surprisingly good. I had to get my egg fix so I ordered breakfast. The others had sandwiches which looked good also. Due to the heat, no one felt like moving. We just sat at the table under then fans and relaxed. We also discovered the bathroom had AC so we all changed in there. Haha.

After over an hour, we finally headed out to the beach where we found some shade. There were little black beetle like insects but they didn't bother us so it was fine. The water looked very inviting. It was a nice blue/green color. We took a dip and it felt warm and divine. We swam around, took photos, read a little and did normal beach activities. I noticed some of the trees looked like they were cut in half. Apparently it is due to the hurricane they had a few years ago. They haven't fully recovered yet. It wasn't a very strong hurricane but it lingered for several days doing a lot of damage.

After drying off, we proceeded to a friend's bar and hung out there for a few drinks and had some food before the long journey home.