Blogs from Belize, Central America Caribbean - page 95

After San Ignacio we went to Orange walk in the north of Belize. This was recommended as a great adventure. It wasn’t! Another boat journey through lots of mangroves and small estuary’s but this time on a speed boat, fairly exciting and then we pulled up outside more Mayan ruins Lamanai. The main difference with these is that they are the oldest ruins in the Mayan empire and they also outlasted every other settlement, they were continuously populated for nearly 3000 years! Interesting site as it was literally in the middle of nowhere and the civalisation would have been very secluded. The things that spoilt it was that same day a cruise ship pulled into Belize and there must have been about 2 hundred tourists walking around the site with us which made it not very ... read more

The first stop was San Ignacio. A small town with not much to it. It did have an English bar showing the premiership so I was more and happy. I got to watch the Utd v Sheff Utd game the first game I have watched in months. The reason we came here was because of the river and lagoons. We decided to explore in a kayak and a guide. There were lots of different wildlife including iguanas and crocodiles. The iguanas were everywhere and huge up to 2 meters long and just lazing about and basking in the sun at the tops of trees. The guide was very good pointing everything out as we would of missed most things otherwise. He even managed to spot a small Boa snake and scoop it out of the ... read more

For border crossings this was the easiest and quickest we have ever been through, no messing about. I think it has something to do with the Belizean easygoing attitude and way of life. It’s like no problem come in! Belize used to be a part of the famous British Empire and explains why it’s the only speaking country in Central America. I love the story of how it came into our hands! Guatemala and Britain signed a treaty giving Britain the rights to the land provided that we built them a road direct from Guatemala City to Belize City. Just like us conning Brits we took the land but did not build the road and haven’t since! Dell boy would be proud!! Belize came independent from Britain in 1981 and since then Guatemala have demanded the ... read more

Claire: Caye Caulker: We left Playa del Carmen and traveled 8 hours south and across the border into Belize. From Belize City we took a quick and bumpy water taxi out to the tiny Caribbean island of Caye caulker, a few miles of the Belizean coast. We arrived quite late and so did nothing but have a little dinner that night and book our snorkeling trip for the next day. We woke up the next morning and wandered barefoot from our little beachfront room (fantastic view!) along to the little dock where our sailboat waited to take the whole tour group sailing. There were a few other people that came along on the trip and maybe about 20 in total. We got all geared up and headed out to the high seas! Ross got a bit ... read more

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