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Travel Blogs from Belize City
Journey to Flores
... In comparison to last we drove across it was a pretty smooth crossing.
Arrived into Belize City at 6:30 am and met a couple of Kiwis and an American also going to Flores so we got a taxi to the Marine terminal where we met Prince James or something like that. (No he wasnt actually a prince thats just the type of names they have! lol) The gave us a 30 minute historical talk about Belize. Was very amusing and lyrical but learnt sod all! ...
A great excursion
... rode them through the jungle and mud for 30 minutes. Pictures tell it all. They then took us to the cave area and we tubed this river through the caves for about a quarter mile and then the rest of the way down the river for another 30 minutes. We had headlamps on for inside the cave. Again, the pictures tell the
whole story. Steven had a great time. Despite what the pictures show, all was safe.
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Caribbean English speaking Central America
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Had a bit of a lie-in and got up around 9am then made some scrambled eegs for breakfast. After that we walked down to the bus station and caught the bus to the Zoo http://www.belizezoo.org/ 30 miles out of town. It's quite a nice Zoo as it was originally a rescue centre and the enclosures are pretty good and well shaded for the heat of the day. Even though a lot of the animals were sleeping under a tree, we got to see them ...
To Belize or not to Belize!
... We also met up with our other Swedish friends, Camilla and Hana whilst we were on the island which was nice. We actually ended up being quite sociable during our three days!
After Caye Caulker we took the ferry up to San Pedro, another island, slightly bigger and more built up than Caye Caulker. We only stayed one night here and we were glad to be moving on, as it didn't have the same backward charm as Caye Caulker.
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Belize and a Little Formality - Dec. 8. Part 1
I was awake very early in the morning in order to get ready for my shore excursion. I had ordered room service so that I could have breakfast while getting ready to go. The instructions I was given suggested that I wear very practical and comfortable clothing, as well as comfortable shoes. So I slathered on the sunscreen, put my hair in a ponytail and put on my walking shoes that had stood me in such good stead in Europe.
This was the only shore excursion that I was doing, ...