Country Info
- Belmopan
- Capital
- Belize Dollar (BZD)
- Currency
- 256,062
- Population
- BZ
- Country Code
Belize Slideshow
Belize
Travel Blogs from Belize
New Year with Beth and Nic
... dan being sick and me on the loo! nothing to do with booze but some dodgy lobster! 3rd, 13 hours travelling on a bus from belize to mexico, now safely in playa dal carman going to go out for a last supper with beth and nic will mail properly ...
WILDLIFE
THIS WILLL BE A QUICK ONE SINCE INTERNET IS REALLY EXPENSIVE HERE. BUT, COUPLE DAYS AGO WENT TO LAMANAI WHICH IS A MAYAN SITE. TOOK A BOAT RIDE TO GET THERE AND SAW CROCS, HOWLER MONKEYS TOUCANS AND OTHER INTERESTING BIRDS. NEXT DAY ...
From the Desk of the Ambassador
Hola, Guess where I am writing from? The desk of the ambassador from Honduras to Belize! We had to come to Belize for a visa renewal, and Sr. is a friend of the Penman family (the people who own the school). He lives in this sparsely furnished house in ...
A journey to Xibalba
... in order to get the 8am water taxi back to Belize, so I could get the first available chicken bus to San Ignacio, in western Belize. I grabbed some AMAZING little pies from an old lady at the bus station in Belize City. I bought two, but they were so ...
Crooked Tree Wildlife Refuge
... and eventually the ride turned out to be a short lesson in local Belizean culture and events. I think from his tales that Belize has just as much a problem with the drug runners and their impact on the local people and police as the other countries ...
swimming with sharks
... had bought. wasnt too bad actually, am not converted but just not getting nearly enough protein and good stuff with the belize diet so just needed something.still on the vegetarian track though im afraid. after tea we went our separate ways ...
La isla bonita.
Bus to Belize City (dodgy looking place) and straight on a boat to the Cayes. Arrived in Caye Caulker which is near to San Pedro, made famous by Madonna in "La Isla Bonita". ...
Tobacco Caye
... than three hours and it is absolutely gorgeous. Where Guatemala had islands of trees and mostly cleared farm or grazing land, Belize is lushly forested everywhere you look. It looks clean and very inviting if you want to get out and see the ...
Placencia and Coxscombe Wildlife Sanctuary
A (by now familiar) bus journey until our desired beach destination of Placencia (situated on a peninsula of land bordered by ocean and a large lagoon), described in our GUIDEbook as a small, sleepy relaxed beach town. Hmmm, donīt know how long ago ...
Unbelizable!
... was keeping an i eye on them and maria getting sea sick, so far so bad. Amazingly nobody even touched our bags , which around belize city is a rarity. I felt a big guilty for judging them all but better being safe than sorry. We got off the boat in Belize ...