Tag: belize

  • Throwback Thursday: Dead Dolphins and Live Whale Sharks

    Throwback Thursday: Dead Dolphins and Live Whale Sharks

    It was with a smug superiority that I returned to vacation: living it up while climbing ruins, rafting rivers, and stalking whale sharks was the name of the game. To summarize: The Belizean landscape was raw and rife with exotic wildlife. The Mayan ruins were breathtaking and fabulous. The whale sharks were one of the…

  • Diving with whale sharks in Placencia, Belize

    Diving with whale sharks in Placencia, Belize

    Who wouldn’t want to swim with whale sharks? We certainly did–so when we realized that our anniversary trip to Belize was going to coincide with the May full moon (that is to say, smack in the middle of Belize whale shark season), we shuffled our itinerary around to include a couple of days in Placencia,…