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- Belmopan
- Capital
- Belize Dollar (BZD)
- Currency
- 256,062
- Population
- BZ
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Belize City Slideshow
Belize City
Travel Blogs from Belize City, Belize
Street Carnival
... celebrations associated with the countries Independence anniversary celebrations. It started with a public street carnival parade through the streets of Belize City, virtually all the city came out to either participate in or support the ...
Ingrid leaving, back on the road alone..
... into town to buy some food for later, as I wanted to make sure that I had something to eat before the hurricane was hitting Belize City.. But already at 11:30 all shops where closed and the city was totally dead.. I managed to buy some beers and that was ...
Island paradise, city not so much!
17th December 2009: Got the bus connections to Belize City from Tulum in Mexico. Took best part of the day and could not leave on the first bus as I had to pick my laundry up, doh! As a result we missed the last boat to Caye Caulker, and island off the ...
Deep Sea Diving with Seniors....!
... Cursing Stavros under my breath, I make my way out of my room and hail a taxi to a small sea side town in Belize called Ladyville. Crossing the busy street I make my way towards Stavros, using my choicest ...
Arrive Belize
... we are staying at a rented apartment block known as the Hulse Apartments owned and manged by Dean Hulse. 76 Barrack Road Belize City Belize C.A. Tel No: 663-6527 e-mail: hulseapartments@yahoo.com Web Site: ...
Flying the Friendly Skies Belize Style
... and forth all day between Atlanta and Macon. Most of the flights make multiple stops as they head north or south out of Belize City Municipal or International, and my plane at Caye Caulker had come in from Corozal and San Pedro with just a few ...
The Last Day - by Sydney
... baptization of us Kate and Suzie has now officially baptized everyone on the Belize Missions Team. We then got on a water taxi and went to Belize City. Once arriving in Belize City we got on a bus and drove out to a boat launch. Once there we got on ...
Belize
... Spanish it was a very welcome break. The country is green and lush, the bus took us (still travelling with Tom and Mary) to Belize city where we got a ferry to Caye Caulker. Caye Caulker was beautiful but a bit touristy. We did a day snorkel trip where ...
Caribbean Culture
... day of travel. We caught a bus most of the way up the country to its largest city, and the old capital, Belize City. The journey took about 7 hours on a pretty uncomfrotable bus although we did get some entertainment from local food sellers and children ...
Victory Tour
... to be held next week will be funded by the Ministry of Education to travel to the Caribbean Games in Guatemala City to represent Belize. I'm not sure how well they'll do against countries that have much larger populations and long traditions of chess ...
Random Musings
... we stand on the soapbox for a minute: think about this...gas prices in the U.S. are in the US$3-4/gallon range. Gas prices in Belize are in the US$5-6/gallon range. Per capita income in the U.S. is in the US$40,000/person range. Per capita income in ...
Belize
... beds, and Claire (our friend) stayed with us. Early the next morning right after a rain store, we walked to the swing bridge to catch the water taxi to Caye Caulker. Belize City is busy, dirty, and sketchy. We won't stay there on our way ...
More of life...
... ? In addition to our experiences with marine life, the last few months have brought some unusual sightings involving animals in and around Belize City. *An egret and a wish-willy (big iguana) sharing the bugs in an open drain after a storm. *A horse ...
Belize City
... . The border guard as we crossed into Belize asked me 'Where did you hear about Belize'- which slightly threw me. Our hotel in Belize City was right on the river so we watched people zooming up and down in their boats before heading out for a dinner of ...
Finally Finally This Trip has Started
We made it. After pulling an all nighter packing and preparing everything at home for our extended absence, we raced to the airport and jetted away from Portland to start our exploration of Central America. While checking-in online at 3am we were given ...
The Next Day.........
Darn my fading memory. Because of it, I almost missed my flight(First Class I might add) to Gales Point in Belize. A small town off the coast of the Carribbean Sea, it is famous for it's long, sandy beaches, perfect for a honeymoon destination. That ...
Going deep!!!
... the boat today, which is kind of amusing, given the size of this place. It's a small world... Tomorrow I'll be going back to Belize city to take a bus into the jungle. I'll spend a day in Sittee river before going to Glover's reef, where I'll be ...
Paradise found!!
... + tons of fish and some corals of course. One turtle was a lot of fun. I think the friendliest turtles in the world must live in Belize. It came right up to us, staying on top of us, eating our air bubbles! I think it was very old and possibly lazy not ...
Settling In
... . Now for this installments cultural observations (hey, we have to find time to amuse ourselves!): *The first Prime Minister of Belize - George Price - is still alive and kicking. (Some books call him the George Washington of Belize.) We know because ...
Can you Belize it?
... and two Canadians that met at the bus station) decided to get some lunch and kill some time. The chicken bus to Belize City showed up (surprisingly) on time. (Chicken Buses are old American School Buses that are somehow still running and are now ...
Mexico to Belize
... for everyone to enjoy. (The music started to get a little annoying after a while of course... thank God for earplugs!) In Belize city I found my way to the water taxi terminal and got to my destination Caye Caulker. It's a fantastic little place. A ...
Belize
... de grens moesten oversteken naar Belize. Na de nodige stempels, papierwerk en steekpenningen namen we de chickenbus naar Belize City. Het woord chickenbusis niet overdreven. In Belize rijden allemaal oude Amerikaanse schoolbussen rond die de teller al ...
Belize Zoo
Stopped at the Belize Zoo. Other than a couple of other families, we had the place to ourselves. Selmo guided us around the zoo and did a very good job informing us about the animals. The most interesting bit we got from him was a ...
Buzzing about Belize
... fluently anytime soon. After a ridiculous early start from Flores and the 4 hour bus journey taking...7 hours...I got to Belize City with a fistful of notes proudly showing the Queen´s head. I knew that Belize is part of the Commonwealth however ...
Back to Work
... Battle of the Bands took place a few weeks ago with marching bands from schools and communities parading through the streets of Belize City before heading to the Marion Jones Sports Complex for a competitive show. Most of the groups were outfitted in ...
Strange Sounds in the Morning
... The streets are narrow, the blocks are smaller, there are more buildings on each block and the buildings are smaller. We walked around in Belize City for a while. We wanted to go to the book stores to see what they had. I found a little bird chart coated ...
Athletic Feats, Travel and More
... gutters along the streets were backed up so badly that our toilet wouldn't flush properly for four days. Lovely. Have we mentioned that Belize City is below sea level? Of course, all of this happens just in time to welcome our next visitors! (See ...