Belize Travel Blogs

... , but I quickly learned that it's tough and you need a good grip around the mouthpiece. It was amazing. The reef in Belize is reported to be the second longest reef in the world, second only behind Australia's Great Barrier Reef. And the coral there was ...

A travel blog entry from Caye Caulker by bsuarez
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Claire: We have news... we've found paradise. Belize is what I always imagined Jamaica would be like, only without the gang- and drug-related crime and with a slightly more understandable version of Patois (Creole English). We  did manage ...

A travel blog entry from Tobacco Caye by hanscottclaire
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... the bus to Placencia. Okay. While waiting for the bus, I saw some Mennonites. They have a colony called Shipyard over in Belize. Pretty neat, actually. It was confusing when we got off at Dangriga, there was a German couple. We helped each other figure out ...

A travel blog entry from Dangriga by bsuarez
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I decided to go snorkelling the next day because there was an opening and it was cheaper than advertised, so hey, might as well. So I had to get more money (cash advance) and paid for yet another night. There was another couple and another family there ...

A travel blog entry from Placencia by bsuarez
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... off so the British couple and I all departed, since the bus wasn't going anywhere. The bus station just looked so unidentified. And Belize City itself wasn't spectacular at all. It had the makings of a reasonable city, but not a metropolis. I saw a McDs ...

A travel blog entry from Belize by bsuarez
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... how long he would be there, Andrew answered "oh, a couple of hours". The custom agent sighed and shook his head) From Belize City, it was a 45 minute boat ride to Caye Caulker on a boat with three 200 hp outboard engines. One engine wasn't working ...

A travel blog entry from Caye Caulker by andrewandjacque
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... town to sell her crafts. It was kinda nice talking to the locals to see how they lived and to see what really goes down in Belize. I was able to have more cinnamon rolls as well. These were good, but it wasn't as good as Caye Caulker's. But it was funny ...

A travel blog entry from Placencia by bsuarez
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11/20 - Today I woke early and antsy. I think the wind makes me this way and it was very windy last night on the roof. I was nervous about the weather because we were about to head to a small island and I wanted it to be perfect. The weather was not ...

A travel blog entry from Tobacco Caye by casey_matt
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... innocent bystanders on the sidewalk with his new width. We caught a series of buses and a boat to Placencia in Southern Belize, grabbing a cheap hotel room, a less cheap dinner and icecream, and exploring a bit of the town which centers around a sidewalk ...

A travel blog entry from Placencia by casey_matt
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... Garifuna cultural pride. The Garifuna live predominately on the coast, speak their own language, and make up only 7 percent of Belize's diverse population. They are decended from a group of African slaves that shipwrecked on the coast of St. Vincent in the ...

A travel blog entry from Dangriga by casey_matt
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I could've gone on another snorkelling trip, because I just loved doing the first one. Or I could've gone to Belize City to see what it has to offer but I was tipped off there's nothing there. In the end, I went to see what the big deal is about Caye ...

A travel blog entry from Caye Ambergris by bsuarez
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... .  Catching the ferry over we discovered it did indeed look like paradise but that since it was a long weekend everyone in Belize was attempting to get their bit of it and all the hotels were full.  Bugger!  Eventually after walking around ...

A travel blog entry from Belize City by eatdessertfirst
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... lived and died. After Xunantunich, I hitched a ride the 7 miles back to town with some tourists from Vancouver Canada. Belize is really easy to travel in. It is predominantly english speaking because Spain decided not to conquer it and it was ...

A travel blog entry from San Ignacio by jeffsadventures
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... language. Yes I can talk again!! We set up camp on the grounds of a hotel in Cayo and went to explore the town. Belize is pretty different than Guatemala, the people, the atmosphere, and the prices. It is a much more relaxed atmosphere, the people are ...

A travel blog entry from San Ignacio by casey_matt
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Took a boat and a bus to the most southern town of substantial size in Belize and upon first impression with sunny weather, it seemed like a worthwhile place to spend a night, so we refused the afternoon boat heading to Guatemala and settled in to the " ...

A travel blog entry from Punta Gorda by casey_matt
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... and not the best yet, but it was very tropical island. Marie Sharp's was flavorful as it says so. That's the pepper sauce that Belize is known for. I also got to experience Belikin, the Belizean beer. Fairly good. I went to be early because I knew I had a ...

A travel blog entry from Caye Caulker by bsuarez
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... is it? Today we did a snorkeling tour of the barrier reef. The second largest barrier reef is off the coast of Belize and it is incredible. We made several stops which included swimming with sharks and sting rays, and swimming among the reef and it's ...

A travel blog entry from Caye Caulker by jeffsadventures
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... "Nope." I replied. "Ummm ... uh, ok just go ahead." And away I went, reboarded the bus and we were off to Belize City; a filthy, crime ridden, scam artist infested shit hole. And I'm being polite. We jumped in a taxi for a ride to the marine terminal ...

A travel blog entry from Caye Caulker by jeffsadventures
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11/26 - We packed up camp and hit the pavement with our thumbs out. Being sunday there are no buses from here to Belize city, so the only way to go is by the thumb. After a short while waiting on the side of the road with our buddy Fallet using binoculars ...

A travel blog entry from Caye Caulker by casey_matt
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Caye Caulker, Belize - Not that I feel the need to defend myself, but I have a million good reasons to travel the world backpack-style. In fact, I can't even think of a reason not to continually experience new culture, see mind-blowing sites, purge the ...

A travel blog entry from Caye caulker by tysonv
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This is just for the map pin as we typed it and tagged it onto the Mexico entry guys!!! Doh!!!

A travel blog entry from Belize City by martinandheike
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Travel up to Placencia.

A travel blog entry from Belmopan by alexndean
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Travel to Placencia.

A travel blog entry from Dangriga by alexndean
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... , with the balck, rasta men, the marihuana, the reggea tunes and the hammocks. I could have stayed much longer but high prices made me move on, as I think lot of what Belize has got to over can be found in cheaper Guatemala and Honduras as well.

A travel blog entry from Cay Caulker by esbjorn
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Crossing the border into the tiny English speaking (and Commonwealth) country of Belize was quite a culture shock. People were suddenly very tall, black and speaking very loudly in Creole, a  local language, which is sort of English but quite a ...

A travel blog entry from Hopkins by heatheravan
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... . We didn't stay out long, still being in the early to bed-early to rise habit, and didn't see anything. However, some Belize Audubon Society volunteers driving in later that night reported seeing one sitting in the middle of the road! The next morning we ...

A travel blog entry from Cockscomb Wildlife Basin Reserve by casey_matt
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... and I went to breakfast, then Kate went back to bed - she wasn't feeling well and the rest of us went in to Belize. Overall, Belize was a bit of a disappointment - we only stayed for a bit, but the boat ride over was nice.  The water here is soooo ...

A travel blog entry from Belize by jessica_cdn
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... the place. More relaxed and also the idea that the signs are back in English again and hence they make more sense. The downside with Belize is that compared with the rest of the area, the prices are a lot higher, especially when you get onto one of the ...

A travel blog entry from Caye Caulker by wkfoster
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... through the one road town and chatted with a local woman who offered us a coconut to drink as we sat on a bench that overlooked the mighty Belize River. Another unremarkable dinner and more chilling that evening, a very relaxing day off the beaten track.

A travel blog entry from Belize Zoo and Community Baboon Sanctuary by casey_matt
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Today I had my first international haircut and the guy only knows one way to do it. No scissors, just electric shears. So now I look like a US Marine but itīs great in this tropical heat. The sun is relentless here and the days are really hot. In the ...

A travel blog entry from San Ignacio by jeffsadventures
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