Four weeks in Mexico and our Spanish was, shall we say, muy poco, so it was with some relief that we approached our second border and the English speaking Belize. The border crossing was straight forward enough with charges for liability insurance and fumigation, then a signed declaration promising to not sell the car and after only half an hour and a quick chat with the immigration official, about how great his country is, we were on our way to the notorious Belize City. There are immediate and obvious differences between Belize and Mexico, but the most striking is the people, the majority now of Caribbean descent. Superpop's, a roadside barbecue and our first stop, gave us our first taste of both Belizean cuisine - rice, beans and meat - and Belizean people - big, loud
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