Country Info
- Belmopan
- Capital
- Belize Dollar (BZD)
- Currency
- 256,062
- Population
- BZ
- Country Code
Belize City Slideshow
Belize City
Travel Blogs from Belize City, Belize
In and out
... belize city is about as shaddy as it comes, it looks like a city that has seen better days lots of darilict buildings we arrived in beize citys and booked for the cayes then we returned to belize city and caught a chicken bus to the boarder with ...
So long and thanks for all the fish
... setting our sights on the cheaper, more backpacker oriented Caye: Caye Caulker. So with our objectives clearly defined, we hit Belize City on a mission. We found our way to a bank to extract Belizean Dollars, to a ferry terminal to purchase tickets ...
In Belize
... went pretty smoothly. We made our flight to Houston with plenty of time to stop for some lunch and then on to Belize. The plane did not have that many passengers so we had plenty of room. We just had dinner at Macy's Restaurant, which is ...
Always a day away
... (in both countries) that you’re tempted to just stop, settle down and grow some roots. Today we are actually in Belize - separated from Mexico by only a fairly oblique bit of history. How strange then that it feels so completely different here - ...
Belize City
Kjorte bare igjennom Belize desverre (med kun ett stop), skulle nok gjerne hatt et par dager der fant vi ut etter vi hadde kj0rt igjennom landet. Det saa veldig fint ut, men det regnet ...
Belize
... a guy from Rome called Claudio who cooked us all shrimp risotto and spaghetti with lobster. Yum Yum! The national language of Belize is English, which was a true blessing as my Spanish is still shocking, although as I write this it´s getting a little ...
Enterning Belize city
My flight in to Belize city was simple and customs wasn't a problem. I was rather impressed by Belize city, especially given the bad reputation. The city is a relaxed, caribean town with a strong musical influence. I didn't see any other ...
Sargent's Caye and other fun jungle adventures
... in Guatemala did but in English. It seems to be working fairly well, they're catching on. Two weekends ago I went to Belize City for a Keely, Dominic, Allen, Bridget reunion on the boat. We went out to Sargent's Caye and enjoyed hands down the ...
Husslers, Cricket and Roaches
... to our expectations, was stand-offish and rude - even the official´s ¨Enjoy your stay¨ was made to sound unfriendly. Our arrival in Belize City was even less pleasant. As soon as we got off the bus, an over-friendly man latched onto us and ...
A nation alive, a people with pride. Belize at 25!
... First up is Carnival which, this year, was held on September 9th. It's essentially a big parade through the streets of Belize City with different groups decked out in beautifully elaborate costumes, all related to a theme chosen by the group. Each group ...
Wanderings and Musings
... and flag football, but the most common is good ol' futbol (or soccer). So when all of the volunteers swarmed in on Belize City recently to celebrate the swearing-in of the new group, our faithful sports guy rallied the troops and suckered the ...
The three plane departure
Three planes took us to the sleepy village of Hopkins. Past orchards full of orange trees, we finally arrived at our destination - the Jaguar Reef ...
Destination 14 BELIZE! Chillin, babies & manatees!
... James and Sandy getting back on the bus as 'the 20 mile away destination' they wanted to reach could only be reached from Belize City, 50 miles away (Uuummm, we could see that getting places might be tough!), we were back on the 'highway' passing more ...
Over the River and Through the Jungle...
... - and we all got together for a yummy Indian dinner (believe it or not, there's a pretty good Indian restaurant in Belize City). They generously donated some paperbacks to our burgeoning library and also brought us a great variety of granola bars. ...
Belize City
... border into Belize on Saturday afternoon after a ride down from Cancun in the pouring rain. Today (Sunday) we've moved south to Belize City. Todays ride was through even more heavy rain; roads had become rivers, with a foot of fast flowing water. We have ...
You'd Better Belize it!
... and had our driver take us to an "economic" place to stay. And now we find ourselves in a "rustic" hostel in Belize City. I am sitting on a mattress w/ a mysterious stain (still wet) in a room that actually smells like something recently died in ...
A False Friend
... as you get to know them better, you realize their character is not as sterling as their first impression? Reader, meet Belize City. Belize City, reader. After collecting my packs from the water taxi, I set off into the eastern section of the city, ...
Belize Hospital
We headed for Belize's famous capital, Belize City. Hardly a city, it's so small but we were only after a good doctor. Emma's bowel status has not got any better so we need to find a doctor. The private clinic next to the hospital took a blood test and ...
The "shit hole"
... propriétaire de l'école de kite, qui s'avère être un pro de Kite sponsorisé par Takoon et O'Neil), nous mettons les voiles vers Belize City. Un américain croisé sur Caye Caulker nous avait dit a propos de Belize City: "Don't go there guys, it's a ...
Belize City
We had read that Belize city is dangerous and you need to be careful. Nowadays there are lots of tourist police that roam about on bikes and make sure that tourists are all right. We were on our guard, but it did seem okay and apart from someone asking ...
Vacation=Good, Returning from Vacation=Bad
... hundreds of hands of bridge and eat as much fish as we could find. Taking a break from the sometimes chaotic life of Belize City for a relaxing beach village was well-timed. We also trekked out to the Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve area in the ...
Next Steps
... seen 2, so we can't verify this yet. * there are 4 major highways in the country: Northern, Western, Southern and Hummingbird. In Belize City, the roads are mostly paved, but once you get off the highways into other towns - even the capitals of the 5 ...
The Cayes
There was not much doing amongst the 49,000 inhabitants of Belize City, except for rain. So I headed straight for the beach. San Pedro, the most "happening" place on the cayes (in fact in all of Belize) was still tame but beautiful, sandy and relaxed. ...
It's gettin' hot in here...
... a boat. He invited us - and a few friends - to come along as he visited a caye that he's developing off the coast of Belize City, followed by some swimming in the open water and a stop off at St. George's Caye for some ceviche. One of the coolest ...
Belize City
... a Tuesday which is one of two days per week that the cruise ships pull into town and start launching the crowds over. Belize city comes alive with preparations for the advancing legions of tourists. The streets are lined with booths and the town is ...
Belize so far
... out, especially when they found out that she'd never played poker before. Watch out Vegas! We're now back in Belize City charged with finalizing our housing arrangements and lining up household purchases. We just settled on our place this morning ...
September Fun
... we had a big sleep over last night before seeing them off to their respective sites around Belize. Coincidentally, one of the other Belize City volunteers had a birthday party, so it was a good welcome home and get-together of most of the group. Until ...