Had a mostly quiet day walking around Placencia Village
There's a main road for cars
I had an interesting experience while out walking the Sidewalk. Lee had warned me about a couple of the guys in town. Don't ya know I found them all and then some! The sidewalk and paths were pretty empty, but within the span of about 20 minutes I encountered three different Rasta dudes.
The first one was selling cds on the sidewalk. He called out for me to stop and see what he was selling. When I didn't he started walking with me asking where I wanted to go. 'No, I'm late for an appointment' seemed to work.
Bachelor #2 was more determined. He wasn't selling anything...well, at least he didn't have a table set up! He just came up, asked my name, 'where ya from?', 'whatcha wanna do?' When I didn't answer and kept walking he ran up behind me saying 'oh you're shy?'. He pulled a flower off a nearby plant and handed it to me Then he told me ''come on...ya know ya got de black man style", which almost made me laugh out loud! I finally just gave him a look (half a 'kill face') and he backed off.
#3 had much more stealth. Passing by a little house, I saw this guy on the balcony. As I went past I noticed movement out of the corner of my eye. Don't ya know, here he comes following me. This is getting annoying - it ain't easy being old and fat...I mean highly attractive (pfft) in the Caribbean! I walked faster. He walked faster. But he didn't say anything, didn't ask my name, where I'm from - which seems to be the usual way. All of a sudden I heard him right behind me saying,'don't worry lady Belize is safe, Belize is safe'. All I could think was 'if you get any closer, buddy, it isn't gonna be safe'. I took a sharp left on the next path toward my house and he didn't follow.
All in all, it's fine. They're mostly harmless (from what I hear), just aggressively annoying. It makes me miss Quakertown, where I walk virtually unnoticed!
DAY 3: Cute town, Rasta dudes, aerobic power walk
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