Hopkins Village, Belize

This past Sunday afternoon we headed southeast to the coast of this beautiul country the Lord has brought us to. We enjoyed the beautiful Hummingbird highway and then headed south onto the Southern Highway to a small Garfuna village called Hopkins Bay.


We spotted this beauty along the roadside.. Grady thinks we should inquire on it! Talk about the ultimate family mover!

The red road heading out to Hopkins Village

We drove all over Hopkins and of course after the long drive, Miss Gracie had to use the restroom. We found ourselves at a new resort which had just opened a few months earlier. We asked the front desk if they had a restroom our daughter could use.. oh and could we visit their beach and look around? :) It being Central America and oh, so laid back.. he told us to make ourselves at home at the deserted luxury resort. OK!

Looks like a perfect place for a family picture!

Not a perfect shot but if you saw what we used to balance Ashley's camera on.. you would be impressed it turned out this well! (smiles)

Rooms at this lovely resort range in price.. to rent a cottage on the beach is $500 US per night!

Peek-A-Boo!

Look who caught the first (and only) fish of the day! Ryan was literally just telling her.. "Ash, I don't think you are going to catch anything with that bait.." Then she yelled, "Ryan, I caught something!" Everyone ran over to see the great catch of the day! Great job Ashley!

Ryan had his line in the water and caught this huge crab!

As we left the resort we took in some of the sights of Hopkins Village. Most everyone was very friendly. Tourism definitely seems to be the main bread and butter for the village. It did seem that a few tourists were there but if Hopkins is anything like the rest of the country they have probably seen an immense drop in tourism business. It was apparent that many people in this small ocean village suffer from extreme poverty.

As we wound our way back north up the Hummingbird Highway to home we just drank in the lovely jungle scenery. In addition to the jungle we also enjoyed the endless miles of citrus farms. We intend on heading back that way soon in order to visit a few of the spectacular tourist stops including some waterfalls, a deep cave and the (interior) blue hole.