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Ready to leave Hopkins Village Belize? Confused on the easiest way to, Placencia Belize? So were we, but it actually wasn’t that hard!  Here is our guide there. Take the bus from the center of town in Hopkins to the highway outside of town $2 BZD leaves at 11 am and 2pm. 10 minute ride. …

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I have always been active, playing most sports in high school and then football in college. After all of that, I started to run, and it got to be pretty important to me. However, slowly but surely, running started to hurt with every step. Not screaming pain, but more like a pain telling you ‘If …

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Comfort: 2 stars – converted school buses Safety: 3 stars – well organized and felt safe Cost : 2 stars – Catch the bus in the San Ignacio city center bound for Belmopan. Cost $3bze per person. 1 – 1.5 hours Transfer buses in the Belmopan station bound for Dangriga. Cost $6 bze per person. …

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As most people that make their way to Salento, I too am absolutely addicted to the brown stuff, and there isn’t much else as quintessentially Colombian than coffee. A significant portion of the world’s Arabica beans come from the fertile valleys of the Andes in the middle of Colombia. Harvesting enough to keep up with …

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Having never rafted before, why not jump into class 4 rapids in the middle of the jungle in Costa Rica? In our 18-mile voyage down the river, we encountered over 70 sets of rapids. The Pacuare River is world renowned for the amount of whitewater in such a short length of the river. Each set …

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