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

Hi, We were upgrades on all our flights to fist class!!! Grandpa dont worry we are getting all you messages. Jake XXX Hello I went to the zoo today and my favirite animals were the black jaguar ,the harpy and the giant stork. Toby xxx Thanks for all the birthday messages. Claudia, the insect balm was immediately useful - thank you so much. Also, we are recieving all your messages, whether it says unsent or not, so don't worry on that score. We arrived in Belize City yesterday afernoon, stepping onto the burning tarmac and into the dripping tropical heat. It was quite a contrast with the cool pacific breeze and wide freeways of SF, which we left at 3am in the morning. They had advanced the time of our flight when we arrived at the ... read more

Tonight I am stuck in Belize City. I was planning to travel to Caye Caulker today, but I unfortunately arrived too late to catch the boat to the island. The last couple of days have been pretty interesting, though. I arrived in Tulum from Cancun at around 8 PM and checked into Hostel Tulum, which quite a nice establishment with very friendly staff and clean bathrooms with hot water. I met quite a few people there, including a Canadian guy named Juan that has similar plans to mine. I am currently travelling with him. That night was fairly uneventful, Juan, a guy from France, and I went to a taqueria and had some pretty good tacos, then we went to a restaurant to have a few beers. We sat around and BSed for a few hours ... read more

Belize City est considere comme une ville sympathique, sauf la nuit, ce que nous avons pu constate: ne sachant pas trop ou nous allions aller, nous avons decide avec l'allemand archeologue de joindre nos forces! Du coup nous avons pris un taxi qui nous a emmene dans "la meilleure adresse du guide du Routard": un hotel dans un quartier pas loin du centre mais peu sur, avec de gros cafards un peu partout. La-dessus, un gars de l'hotel nous a 'escorte' jusqu'au resto chinois du coin, plein de locaux en train de regarder un match de basket, ambiance garantie. Puis le gars du resto nous a de nouveau 'escorte' jusqu'a l'hotel, ce pour quoi nous lui aurions ete reconnaissant s'il ne nous avait pas demande 5$US pour ces services (et croyez moi, il ne valait mieux ... read more

Geo: 17.5008, -88.1918When the alarm went off at 3:45am, I had actually been lying awake for seven minutes or so. We upped, dressed, had a quick bowl of cereal, let the dog out (poor Gru Gru), then set off for the airport at 4:15am. No traffic (surprise!). Park n fly -- easy. No line at check-in. Waited for two people at security. Flight to Dallas on time. Lunch at DFW; flight to Belize City also on time.Tropic air felt good. Bit of a storm brewing, so strong wind. Through immigration, easy customs (though we were asked what was in our bags). Got our car rental and directions to hotel. Brief rainstorm, then clear.The Radisson is on the point, looking out to the sea. Breezy. Short swim in pool near our room. Bought cappuccinos at coffee bar, ... 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