Country Info
- Belmopan
- Capital
- Belize Dollar (BZD)
- Currency
- 256,062
- Population
- BZ
- Country Code
Belize Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Belize
Speaking with an English twang, man!
This is a top pick! ... your attention, constantly having issues with me for not stopping and talking. I saw very few other travellers in the area, I think Belize city is the jumping point for the beautiful islands off the coast, or the more rustic feel of southern Belize in ...
Breathe In, Breathe Out
This is a top pick! ... breathe, 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 ...
Un-Belize-able (!)
This is a top pick! 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 ...
The trouble with Belize transportation
This is a top pick! ... 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 ...
The last day with my girl Eloise
This is a top pick! 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 ...
Apples are the most dangerous objects around
This is a top pick! ... 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 ...
Beach Bums and Burns
This is a top pick! ... 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 ...
Going deep, in the fin flips of Jacques Cousteau
This is a top pick! ... language is English here but it takes a while for us to realise that we can say "Thanks" in English. The people of Belize mostly understand Spanish as well. We passed through Belize City to make our way to the Island of Caye Caulker. Spending most of the ...
Sleepy Fishing Village...Fishy Sleeping Village
This is a top pick! ... 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 ...
In the coffee zone.
This is a top pick! We have traveled a few hours further south in bus along the beautiful road between Medellin and Pereira. Pereira is Johana's hometown and a lot of her family still lives here, so we will lodge at her sister's place and use the city as a base for ...
Island Charm
This is a top pick! 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 ...
Bed Bugs and Beyond
This is a top pick! ... . 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 ...
Exploring ruins and the jungle
This is a top pick! ... the people 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 ...
Sand between the toes
This is a top pick! ... 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 ...
Caye Caulker's Life Philosphy......GO SLOW!
This is a top pick! We left Tulum and made our long journey to Caye Caulker. We have read and heard bad reports on Belize City so we wanted to try and catch the ferry across to the island without an overnight stop in the City. Luckily, with about 15 minutes spare we made the ...
Snorkeling
This is a top pick! ... day 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 ...
Santuario de Flora y Fauna Otún-Quimbaya.
This is a top pick! Pereira, La Suiza, Santuario de Flora y Fauna Otún-Quimbaya and Parque Regional Natural ...
I found an Island paradise!
This is a top pick! ... ?" "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. ...
Swimming with sharks and stingrays
This is a top pick! ... 6pm, I didn't want to get their too early and pay for a night in a hostel. I got chatting to a Canadian lady with a Belize husband and two children. They were here to apply for a visa for her husband but because he had a Belize passport, they were ...
Belize, second largest Barrier Reef
This is a top pick! This is just for the map pin as we typed it and tagged it onto the Mexico entry guys!!! ...
Adventures in the Coffee Region
This is a top pick! After leaving Medellin I took a bus to Manizales where I stayed in the friendly Mountain House Hostel. On Saturday I visited the Parque Los Yallmos which is above the town and has short paths through the forest as well as a small museum of regional ...
Belize!
This is a top pick! ... , 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 ...
Episode 3: The One about the Hotel Fire
This is a top pick! ... ; Fortunately. While traveling north to Mexico to meet my first tour group, I had the distinct pleasure of serving with the Belize fire department. This isn't saying much really, as their hiring standards are not really that high. If ...
Ungrateful bitch
This is a top pick! ... for the night, but the town was so small, it appeared not to have any accommodation, so we were forced to continue to Belize. We got our tyres fumigated for the princely sum of $6 at the Belizian border and spent the next 45 minutes chatting and joking ...
Rain, sun, rain, sun, cookie.....
This is a top pick! ... 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 ...
Tropical paradise on a tiny Island
This is a top pick! 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 ...
I've been in three different countries ...
This is a top pick! ... 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 ...