We decided to fly from Placencia back to Belize City, rather than take the bus. The flight, if you fly during the week and pay cash for your ticket, is $50.00 US each, versus a 7 hour bus ride (on school buses with little leg room).
We flew Maya Island Air, in a 12 seat Cessna. Our plane hurtled down the runway, lifting off just at the last moment, or so it seemed, over the road and out over the sparkling blue ocean, banking left and gaining altitude.
We had great seats right behind the pilot, and could watch him checking his paperwork and text messaging as we cruised along. We took pictures of Hopkins as we passed by.
Seven minutes later we were approaching Dangriga, preparing to land on what looked like an impossibly small runway - but we did, and one of the passengers we picked up got to sit in the co-pilot seat!
Again we were over the beautiful water, and fifteen minutes later we were approaching Belize City municipal airport; again the runway looked so tiny, this time running parallel to the water, only a few yards away. Soon we'd landed, and Phil kindly picked us up. It was so much fun to fly on a little plane on a beautiful sunny day.
