Sign, Sign, Everywhere a Sign

One of the funniest things in Belize are the signs you run into. The Belizeans don't think they are as funny as we do but they have been known to chuckle over a few themselves. These are a few we have run into so far:

This may seem like a no brainer but think about it. The pavement you see in the picture is the runway for the Placencia airport. If you look closely at the end of the runway just above it on the right edge of the picture, you can see the only road into Placencia Village from the highway. That's right, it creates a T intersection with the runway. We know of one person who forgot to yield (don't ask) and ended up with tire tracks denting the roof of his truck cab. Not kidding!

Also in Placencia, this possible solution to all (OK half) the world's problems. I have no idea why this sign exists. It is just stuck in the ground in the middle of downtown.

This sign is just outside Hopkins. Looks perfectly logocal right? It is on the fence around the garbage dump and we all agree life is much prettier if the door is closed. Problem? You can see the door hinge just to the left of the sign but ... no door. The fence just ends. The door has been gone for what looks like many years by the amount of growth in it's place. Someone, however, keeps repainting the sign to keep it looking nice.

This is my favorite so far. Mostly because we have to buy our gas at the Texaco (in belize the accent is on the 'a' not the 'tex'). This sign is down the very questionable road between Hopkins and Sitee River. You will notice there is no arrow on the sign. It is situated beside the road at the juncture of four roads that intersect in a kind of a diamond shape. (it looks like there should be five corners but there are only four) To find the Texaco, you take the road on the far right. The sign is beside the road on the far left.

Those are my favorites so far but I'm sure there will be more. I expect there will be a part two to this segment. If nothing else, it breaks the monotony of long drives. Perhaps southern Saskatchewan should take note? The final picture here is Brynn and Kori's favorite. They love the pirate Calico Jack because he allowed women to crew for him. The flag they made in order to be 'pirates of the caribbean' on our yacht trip last month was a recreation of his pirate flag. (in case you aren't up on your pirate lore, each pirate had his own, unique flag) Imagine the excitement in our car when we ran across this:

Month End

I live my life surrounded by business people and always 'month end' is a big deal. Well, I've decided I can have my own month end! Kind of a wrap up of the last 31 days. Of course, the big news of August was hurricane dean. (now we are awaiting hurricane Felix supposed to hit Wed.) But there was so much more to the month. And stuff that didn't really fit a blog. So here are some pictures of the month. (I know - business month end are a study in chaotic organization. My month end is more a study in total randomness. I do things my way)

Now we know why the houses are built on stilts. To keep out unwanted crawlie things and water!! This is the underneath of my house right now.

We finally met our first croc. He was sitting beside the road and we stopped and all jumped out to take his picture. The kids tried to get closer but, thankfully, scared this guy back into the river.

We got our first ride on a yacht. Very cool. A boat with a bathroom. Definitely my idea of boating! Kori got seasick which was kind of a bummer but the rest of us had a blast. We went snorkling and swimming off the back of the boat and when we came out of the sea there was a handheld shower to rinse off with.

Kori cut my hair on the deck of our villa. Then I cut hers. Both of us did a pretty good job, if I do say so myself!

Now, to finish off, just a few of my favorites from August. See you in September (I know it already is September but I was just thinking of the song!)