The Deep South

Day 11

We woke in Placencia to the sound of havy rain and thunder. Driving out of Placencia, it subsided to soft, warm rain which followed us all the way to Punta Gorda. Excellent driving roads, we guessed due to the lack of traffic, the local Mayans walk everywhere with their families- not even any pushchairs - and there was only a few buses and the odd car.

The route from Placencia to Punta Gorda



Arriving at Punta Gorda



The restaurant where, in the evening,  you can see the lights of Honduras,  Puerto Barrios Guatemala, and Livingstone - the 3 ports that can be reached from the port of Punta Gorda



The following morning we stopped at Nim Li Punit, the ruins of  a Mayan site with some of the tallest stelae found in the Maya World - several of them engraved with panels of glyphs. A very interesting and worthwhile site to visit.

Stela 14

Ball Court

Tomb