Yoga...

Many of our guests enjoy the solitude and peace of our 100 foot pier and Palapa in the early morning for a Yoga session. There are also several yoga groups.

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Belize Guest Photos... Always a Treat!

The Eyers family has been enjoying Belize and The Maine Stay for two weeks and Rob was kind enough to share some of his excellent photos of their various travels. The photo below is of Robert's Caye. More of their pics are posted here.

Guest Photos and Review...

One of our guests, Julie Gabbard took some very nice photos of The Maine Stay beach and pier. She also wrote a wonderful review for Trip Advisor. Thanks Julie!

Laughingbird Caye

When you can go to a great place like Laughingbird Caye and swim with Mommy and Grammy... it's a good day!

David Crellen's Great Belize Photos

It’s easy for us to be in a “routine” here on the beach in Belize. It just takes our delightful guests and their great photos to jar us back to reality! David & Karen Crellen from San Diego were great fun to spend time with and they also really took advantage of all of the great things to do while they were here. See David’s great photos here.

They particularly liked their trip to Cockscomb Jaguar Preserve…
This is from a visitor review on Yahoo…

“Doyle Gardiner’s Cockscomb tour is a must-see if you are in Belize. Licensed and very professional, Doyle is an excellent guide through the Cockscomb Wildlife Sanctuary and Jaguar Preserve. He combines sheer fun with knowledge and respect for the environment in a well-rounded tour that is a very unique and unforgettable experience. The tour includes a nature hike, which Doyle leads with humor and a great deal of knowledge, as well as a lazy cruise down the river in an inner-tube, where you will be surrounded by lush greenery, the call of birds, and a feeling of peace. The finale finds you sliding down a series of waterfalls! It’s an exciting, adrenaline rush that people of varied fitness levels can enjoy. If you want to pack what feels like several days of experience into one day, Doyle’s tour is it. I walked away from the tour high on the excitement of the waterfall slides and with a feeling of grace for having been shown such a gorgeous environment.”

Snorkeling at the Barrier Reef, Money River jungle tour, Mayan Ruins, Cave Tubing, great diving, whale sharks, birding, orchids… Belize and the Placencia area has it all. Come visit us.

Belize Update

A lot has been going on in Belize and at The Maine Stay and Kokomo, including almost 100% high season occupancy of our newly remodeled Cabanas suites… all to rave reviews from our guests.

Construction has started on another home in the Kokomo community and more than half the lots have been sold to folks who really are seeing the economic expansion of the spectacular Placencia Peninsula. A great website to see and hear the flavor of Placencia is “A Place in Belize”… put together by folks who are building a home on the Peninsula.

As I mentioned last week, the former garden palapa next to “Winnie’s House” (our residence) has gotten a new thatch roof, a new purpose and been expanded considerably and is directly attached to our house with classy new French doors. We moved all of the plant “nursery” operation to the other side of the house. Since we spend so much time outdoors, the palapa will become our living room, dining area and even have a great outdoor kitchen. It also has a rock wall “waterfall!” See the new “digs” here. And, if you're curious, you can see the construction and thatch process in these photos.

Speaking of palapas, we have added several smaller versions in The Maine Stay and Kokomo, and, we’ve added a nice new dock to our marina boardwalk. We finally found a source for the right floats and it turned out to be even better than we anticipated.

We continue to be delighted with the “Travers Zoo” collection. The dogs are wonderful (even Bowdoin, the new puppy!) and the parrots continue to amaze us with their intelligence and companionship.

Our guests in The Maine Stay Cabana Suites continue to delight us and to take some great pictures. Check out these photos by David and Karen Crellen.

I have a couple of treats in store for upcoming posts... stay tuned!