By law we have to leave Honduras every 90 days because we are not residents. We would like to be residents so that we would not have to leave so frequently, however it cost 1000.00 per person for a 5 year residency. I not sure if you recall, but I have 4 children and that would total 6000.00. I think at least for the first year we will try to find a few other avenues.
The first avenue was to go back to the States for a week and though we can occasionally find tickets on Spirit Air fairly cheap it is still 6 people. So we decided on the second avenue, go to Belize.
We had a wonderful time with the children. We took a two and half hour boat ride that was a little scary to say the least. I am not sure if we were actually in the water much... Have you ever been on a fairly small boat out in the ocean with 3 - 250 hp motors, I am pretty sure were full power the whole time?? Well praise to God we made it there safe.
We went to Placencia, Belize. It is a little peninsula below Belize City. It was remote, small, rustic, yet absolutely beautiful. We stayed in a little Cabin on the ocean, that I am pretty sure a hurricane has blown through a few times. You could see daylight through every board joined together, but off the porch just thirty feet away was the ocean. Although it was a little cooler weather than normal for this that time of the year, We enjoyed ourselves immensely. We found a little market and cooked all our meals in the cabin. The kids played in the sand during the morning hours, then in the afternoon we all played in the ocean, at night we played card games, connect four, take the cake and a few other games. Then we would pile up in bed and watch a movie on my computer. It was probably the best time we have had as a family in a long time. One because we had nothing else to do, but spend time with each other. Some things that seem disappointing are just blessings in disguise.
Blessing,
Paul
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aww Eli's sand house!
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