Blogs from Belize City, Belize District, Belize, Central America Caribbean - page 8

Apres avoir visite les ruines de Tikal nous avons fais un détour par le Belize pour aller au Mexique car la frontière du nord Gautemala/Mexique nous a été déconseillée car dangeureuse. Nous sommes resté une journée à Belize City. On pense que ca resemble à la Jamaique, une culture noire qui parle Anglais (la langue officielle du pays). Beaucoup de gens ont de longs "dreads" (sur quoi Merlin dit "Solides les dreads", traduit en Francais ca veut dire "Super beaux dreads"). On est resté 30 heures au Belize, si on étaient resté moins de 24 heures nous n´aurions pas eu à payer une taxes de 55$ (pour les trois), mais on ne le savaient pas. La propriétaire de l´auberge ou nous étions logée parlait plus le Créole que l´Anglais. Nous n´avons pas de photos du Belize. ... read more

These last few weeks have been amazing! We had a group of over 120 people from Houston (of course everything is bigger & better from Texas!). They had a fun mission trip in Belmopan (Belize's capital, the smallest capital in the world). Then I took 1 week off & went to Guatamala, loved it! Spent a couple days in Placencia, Belize where I went scuba diving at Laughing Bird Caye & went zip-lining. Belize is famous for it's scuba diving & now I see why! Lots of colorful fish & coral. Then last week we had a group from South Carolina in Ladyville, Belize. Wow, I've never seen a group like this before! They were so charismatic! We're talking healings (I saw a blind man that was prayed over & then he could see!). They were ... read more

They want to go home Joe and I began talking about this trip just before Christmas, and easily convinced his brother, Ben and sister-in-law, Sarah to come too. This trip was a bit of a home-coming for the boys, as they lived in Belize for about 9 months with their family 20 years ago. I was excited not only for a holiday from work, but to get to experience something that was so big in the Bilton's lives. Park n' Fly After waking up way too early in Bolton, Joe and I met Ben and Sarah at the Park n' Fly in Toronto, and headed over to the airport. I was feeling pretty nauseous from lack of sleep, but nothing a couple of gravol couldn't help. Our two flights were good, no problems at all, and ... read more

Maya Walk Tour Offices, San Ignacio Ended up at Martha's for dinner last night. Ran into Lucien and his dad and George along the way. Caroline and her brother and their family were already eating at Martha's when we arrived. Matt went with pizza (good, but not nearly NY quality) and I had a huge burrito. Ran into Lucian and his dad again and the four of us went to the Internet Cafe and then on to Deja Vu (run by a crazy German guy) just across the bridge in Santa Elena for my final Belekin of the trip. I think I'll actually miss the beer. Headed home around 11:30 pm and crashed. Got up at 6:30 this morning and booked a spot on a direct shuttle to the airport. So much nicer than getting ... read more

I picked Belize because I had a sense of adventure about Belize. I had flown home to Arizona via Delta and had volunteered to be "bumped". Their offer was a free round trip ticket anywhere in the USA (except Hawaii); Mexico; Bermuda; or Canada. I had a conversation with a flight agent about where I should go with this ticket. He said he and his wife had gone down to Belize. They encountered a Boa Constrictor drinking water from a puddle in the middle of the road, the snorkeling was incredible, and they rode this "school bus" in which kids would bring their animals on board. He sold me on Belize! My free ticket got me to Cancun. The puddle jumper from Cancun to Belize had gone out of business, so I braced myself for a ... read more