Hello Every-one, I am actually writing another blog post without procrastinating for another 3 weeks! Look…I even have a picture of the ‘Peini’ sign which is what the Garifuna named Punta Gorda when they first settled in this area as a fishing community around 1823. As you drive into Punta Gorda, you will see this sign. Any-one who is a tourist, will want to stop and get their photo (or selfie) taken next to this sign to show that they have been here. Punta Gorda is the main town in the Toledo district and this is where every-one comes to do shopping for groceries and stuff. It is becoming more developed with lots of fancy brand new cars around town. When we first came here about 16 years ago, there was hardly any traffic and most people got around in bicycles. This is a picture of the sea view next to the sign:

I have noticed that a lot of locals like to sit at the pier at lunch time. It is a prime spot! We usually park our truck by the side of the Peini sign and make a cup of tea (or something)…open the car doors to catch the sea breeze.

Here is a close up picture of the pier:

For those of you who follow our blog posts, they might know that we have been drawing a bit. So far, we have been copying pictures out of a ‘pen and ink’ art book in order to practice the technique. We are going to try drawing the Peini Sign and the pier picture!! This will be our first attempt at drawing our own pictures. I will post up the pictures once they look decent!

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