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The Joy of Kriol with a Belize Christmas Vacation in Placencia!

It’s the ending of the rainy season and the beginning of the Christmas cheer and season.  In the western world there´s building snowmen and Christmas trees, in Judaism its Hanukkah, for Hinduism its Diwali (Festival of Lights), in Belize its Kriol Christmas with the Bram and Brokdown. Despite the cultural differences in “Christmas” beliefs and traditions the common denominator is the spirit of love, of caring, of giving.  A time when we rekindle our humanity, strengthen our resolve to change our ways and maybe even the world.  But most undeniably is the warmth of love at Christmas time.  Kriol Christmas […]

By |December 11th, 2011|Belize Xmas Holidays, Christmas holidays, Culture Belize, Kriol Christmas, Xmas Holidays|0 Comments
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Belize Maya Tours 2012: The Apocalypse or the New Era of higher Consciousness and Unity?

We are now only a couple weeks away from the year 2012, the year that some claim will bring about drastic changes in our way of life. Dire changes, some believe, will be in the form of an apocalypse while others believe will usher in a new era in our evolutionary human development in which we achieve higher levels of self awareness and overall spirituality.  While no one really knows what happens next, we do know definitively that the acclaimed doomsday of December 21, 2012 marks the end of a cyclical long count period (every 5,125 years) in the Mayan […]

By |December 11th, 2011|Beaches and Belize, Belize, Belize Maya 2012, Diving in Belize, Maya 2012, Placencia Belize|0 Comments
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Belize Peace Corp Volunteers – Placencia Scuba Diving Specials!

Natalie Macias, Shaz Davison, Warren Garbutt (Instructor) & Michelle Thompson.

Splash had the privilege of working with three wonderful Belize Peace Corp Volunteers, who wanted to get their open water certification. We want to congratulate Natalie Macias, Shaz Davison & Michelle Thompson.

Learning to assemble the diving gear BCD, Dive tank, and regulator and checkin the BCD

Shaz having a great time being underwater.
Again congrats guys on doing this… we are ever so happy you choose Splash Dive Center.
We hope to see you all very soon, and we look forward to our next Earth Day event, with you and maybe other volunteers joining […]

By |October 30th, 2011|Belize, Belize Peace Corp, Central America, Dive Master, James Cleeve Westby, Junior Club, Placencia, Scuba Diving, Seas Tours, Splash Destination Management Company, Splash Dive Center, Swimming, Volunteers.|0 Comments
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Splash Dive Center grounds has its own little Belize flora and fauna.

The term “flora” comes from Latin language Flora, the goddess of plants, flowers, and fertility in Roman mythology. The corresponding term for animal life is fauna.

Photo by: James Cleeve Westby – Yellow Bell

Everyday I sit back and enjoy the beauty of our garden that surround our center. We have so many different types of plants and flowers. My favourite are the hibiscus plants at least that what I think we call them… there are so many colors, We have a yellow bell, a pink bell and of course the red bell, which the cinnamon humming birds seem to like very […]

By |October 16th, 2011|Belize, birds, Central America, Fauna, Flora, flowers, James Cleeve Westby, Placencia, Splash Dive Center, Tropical flowers|0 Comments
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Placencia Accommodation Spotlight on Dianni’s Guesthouse

Dianni’s Guesthouse Placencia Village

One of the Nicest Placencia Accommodation Options
Every now and then we like to put a spot light on folks we work with in Placencia, and today that Business is no other than Dianni’s Guesthouse, one of the popular Placencia accommodation options.
Dianni’s Guest House is located on the southern shores of the Placencia Peninsula, which offers visitors to Placencia quiet, comfortable, affordable accommodations with spacious verandas overlooking lush gardens.
Inside the guest house you will find everything you need for your overnight visit, long weekend, or extended stay.
Dianni’s is located within minutes’ walk to local restaurants, stores and other […]

By |October 5th, 2011|Belize, Central America, Dianni's Guesthouse, Guesthouse, Placencia, Splash Destination Management Company, Splash Dive Center, Vacation|0 Comments
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Patience, Team Work and Determination – Childrens Scuba!

There is a lot that Splash Dive Center does in and around Placencia Village but to name one that is close to Patty’s heart and to Splash Dive Instructor Team is the Juniors Club that focuses on childrens scuba diving courses and dive activities. Patty founded the Splash Kids Club, which helps kids from the local community to get certified as PADI Junior Open Water divers. “Not only does this help the kids enjoy the rewards of scuba diving, but it gets them started on a potential career as a local guide or PADI Instructor, and more importantly educates them […]

By |October 2nd, 2011|Belize, Central America, Dive Master, Inland Tours, Junior Club, Placencia, Scuba Diving, Splash Destination Management Company, Splash Dive Center|0 Comments
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Welcome to Splash Dive Center Belize & Destination Management Company

Splash Dive Center is located in the sleepy yet vibrant community of Placencia Village on the pristine peninsula of southern Belize. Since 2000, Splash Dive Center Belize has grown from a small operation focusing on scuba instruction, to a community driven PADI resort facility that not only provides dive and snorkeling packages, instruction courses and inland tours but a host of full fledge services that makes the dive center today a successful destination management company.
 
Our team of Belize specialists stands ready to offer all guests a complete package of all your travel logistics and needs in country from entering into […]

By |October 2nd, 2011|Belize, Central America, Inland Tours, Placencia, Scuba Diving, Seas Tours, Splash Destination Management Company, Splash Dive Center, Swimming, Vacation|0 Comments
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