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Situated in the Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary, Victoria Peak is the second highest mountain in Belize and is within the world famous Maya Mountains.  Hiking Victoria Peak is a not an easy task and through this post, Turtle Inn's human resources manager Kevin Quischan shares his experience.
Kevin and the Turtle Inn Crew

Battle of the Drums 2010 and Drug Plane on Belize's Southern Highway


What was the probability of the one time I'm going to Punta Gorda I witness a Drug Plane in the middle of the Southern highway? Extremely unlikely! Of course I had to write about it. 


I had taken a short hiatus from blogging since I was too busy with school, work and a personal project which I am extremely excited about but it's confidential for now – all I can say is that I have officially launched one of my career goals. Finally after finding some extra time, I am now writing a post to satisfy various requests of people who were concerned with my blogging going M.I.A.  I will write about my weekend experience – a very interesting weekend.


Currently I am taking an applied arts class at Galen and it happens to be drumming, Garifuna drumming and singing to be more specific. I'm having a lot of fun in this class but I can’t seem to get the best of it because I presume I am not artistically driven – my colleagues can testify to me not being able to make the most difficult drumming techniques.  

This weekend our class traveled to southern Belize to partake in the fifth annual Battle of the Drums Competition which takes place every year in Punta Gorda town, Toledo.



Southern Belize


Seine Bight is a small Garifuna fishing village in southern Belize. It is located in the Stann Creek District, on the Placencia peninsula and it is radiant in culture. From a distance, the residents seem to be poor and unhappy but the humble lives they have and the old shacks they live in don’t represent how fortunate they consider themselves to be.


Seine Bight got its name from early fishermen who named it Seine for their favorite long fishing nets and Bight for the word used which means the depression in the coastline. The Garifuna culture in Seine Bight is intact and the people there stay very close to their traditions. This Garifuna village is one of the few extraordinary villages that exist in the Caribbean and even Belize.