Blogs from Belize, Central America Caribbean - page 96

We arrived in Belize on 20th September after flying from Rio de Janeiro via Miami to Cancun. From there we jumped on a bus to Playa del Carmen where we spent a few lazy days by the beach. We were in Belize just in time for the the 25th Independence Day celebrations. Things were in full swing - music blaring from the speakers on the bus that we took to cross the border from Mexico and all the way into Belize City and when we arrived there was a real party atmosphere - music from an indeterminable amount of stereos and fireworks exploding overhead. Independence Day (21st September) in Belize comes in the wake of the partying for St George's Caye Day, on 10 September - and the parties just keep going. We spent our first ... read more

Our trip to Belize thus far hasn’t gone quite like I had thought it would go. That being said, it now dawns on me that we really didn’t have any firm plans in Belize other than meeting Matt and Melissa in Caye Caulker and enjoying some island life for a few days. And we did in fact accomplish both of those tasks. I guess I just didn’t reckon we’d have so much island life. But I’m getting ahead of myself. So I’ll take a step back and pick up where we left off way back in Playa del Carmen. We knew that the trip from Playa del Carmen to Caye Caulker would be a long haul. We even split it into two days, but geesh, did it seem like a lot of work! The first day ... read more

Belize... official language; English... yey. No more ..gracias, por favor, hola, cervesa etc.. When we passed through the border, it was so exciting seeing all the signs in English.. and getting our Belize dollars, they even had old Lizzy on them. We went straight to Belize City and from there took a ferry to Caye Caulker.. one of the many Cayes in Belize.. and it was like paradise. A really chilled out island, with not many tourists, white sands, blue seas.. just beautiful. We spent our time chilling at ends of piers.. swimming, snorkeling.. and eating to local jerk chicken with rice n beans... We went snorkeling around the Caye, and were swimming with loads of Sting Rays, they were really close and was great to see (the guide was feeding them with sardines tho.. ). ... read more

Sorry that it has taken me so long to get out a new journal entry, we have been traveling A LOT over the last few days and i have been too tired to find a place to use the internet. So the night we spent in flores was really cool, found a place to have happy hour 2 beers for like 2 dollars we went to a club and did a little bit of dancing and people watching which was pretty enjoyable. but not as enjoyable as watching mike david get hit on by a dude!!! went to bed around 3am and had to wake up for the long bus ride back to belize city. After the four hour ride to belize city, we finally got out to the cayes -pronounced key- and found a place ... read more

A few days in Cowboy country: Rancheros on horseback, bulls fording a fast flowing river,hummingbirds and fireflys - the scene around us at breakfast this morning; and a sample of life on a ranch by the river Mopan, the dividing line between Belize and Guatamala. And Mayan ruins all around us, thousand year old temples with vertiginous steps leading up and up into the sky from the dense tropical foliage - mysterious and mute, stones from long abandoned cities now populated by a different order of jungle dwellers - howler monkeys ( as Jake says, which sound uncannily like the dinosaurs in Jurassic park), wild turkeys, huge spiders.. certainly more exotic than the roaches and red ants who colonised our cabana last night on the ranch! Yesterday we crossed the border into Guatamala (once we had ... read more