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| Hot, hot, and hotter. Plan for ninety degrees and ninety five percent humidity most of the time. Even if many of the days are overcast, that doesn't take away from the sticky, sweaty, heavy heat. It's silky and lovely at night, but as soon as day breaks, you'll want to wear as little clothing as possible. Summers tend to be wetter than winters, though humidity is the norm all year long.
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Placencia is located at the tip of the Placencia Peninsula, in what's called the "Stann Creek" district in the southeastern part of Belize. It is unmistakably a beach town, built on sand and red dirt, and very susceptible to hurricane damage, as Hurricane Keith in 2000 can attest: the entire town, essentially, has been reconstructed since.
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Placencia is almost exclusively supported by tourism; that becomes clear as you see the the 50-50 tourist-to-local split and notice that nearly all if not all of the establishments are geared toward visitors: gift shops, restaurants, inns, and tour guide outfitters. All the same, it feels real: relaxed, sleepy, and Belizean. The only other industry that supports the town somewhat is fishing, but even the fishermen can make more money in a day by taking tourists out on their boats.
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Luckily for its tourists, everyone speaks excellent English in Placencia. It's Belize's official language, after all. However, the native language of all the locals is what's known as Kriol; it looks like English, but certainly doesn't sound a thing like it, except that once in a while in a long stream of words you'll hear something you recognize: "chicken" or "dive," for example. But since it is based on English, if you listen hard enough, you may start to pick it up a little.
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