Country Info
- Belmopan
- Capital
- Belize Dollar (BZD)
- Currency
- 256,062
- Population
- BZ
- Country Code
Belize Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Belize
Plancencia ...finalmente
Alright so we finally arrived at our destination...tired and cranky and bums numb from the road...but on the whole excited! The power was out when we arrived...so finding our hotel was doubly fun...time to go get some grub and hit the sack... Cheers ...
Best place yet, Cayo
... to go check out the Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve, just south of here. To get back out of town we had to go over Belize's only suspension bridge, the Hawksworth which was built, I believe, in 1931. It's single lane and one way OUT... you have to ...
Jaunt in the Jungle
... around on various ruins and enjoyed some pretty views of the surrounding river valley. One vivid memory from this time in Belize will be the calypso, punta rock, and even some hip hop (yes, they know and love Shaggy here!) blaring out of ...
Glover's reef to Cancun - a good 20 hour journey
... they seemed nice enough and we had talked a bit during the bus ride. They were both businessmen from Lebanon, having lived in Belize for several years. I am glad I know enough Arabic to understand the content of what they were talking about (feeling a bit ...
White Gyal
To begin, here is a list of things that happen in 7 Miles that don't happen everywhere in the States: 1. people ride horses through "town" to get to their farms. (I use "" to empasize the fact that it is actually not a town like we think. 7 Miles is ...
Diving at the North Cut and Hol Chan
... We found out after returning that each of these calls cost $30 base plus another fee per minute. Avoid international calls from Belize at all costs. While she was checking in with her dad, I did laundry at a tiny local laundromat and finished ...
San Ignacio
On our way across Belize to Guatemala we stopped at San Ignacio, on the advice of some girls we met during our diving certification. One of the main attractions in the area is Actun Tunichil Muknal, a huge cave in which the remains of Mayan sacrifices and ...
Take er easy mon!
... and flying through a completely new world is an amazing feeling! More when the budget and time allows! Take care everyone. NEW UPDATE: See more pix of Belize at courtesy of Evan at: ...
Exploring Belize's Inland
... along, especially because it will make the trip cheaper for all of us. Guatemala looks much more "Central American" than Belize. Everyone was speaking Spanish and looked indigenous to the area. Horses stood on the roadside looking skinny and bored. ...
Exploring Mayan Ruins
... Some look more Mexican, while others have more African skin tones. Joel explains that there are five ethnic groups in Belize: Mestizo: Mayan Indian descendants; probably a mixture of European and Spanish. Creole: Black African, probably from the Ibo and ...
La isla bonita
... vårt. Vi hadde en hyggelig aften med dem før vi tok båten hjem kl 2300.. Dag 4 - Vi reiser fra dette paradiset. Kort vei til flyplassen. 5 minutter å gå fra hotellet. Vi skal til Guatemala ! 1 Belize dollar = 3,03 NOK ...
Settling into Gales Point
We arrived by boat with all our luggage, stopping for lunch in Old Belize to avoid the torrential downpours of rain. The girls all got hot dogs, while the leaders dabbled in some belizean food - mmmmmmmmmmmm. Anyway - the boat. We piled on and the rain ...
A Stiff Shot of Rum After Petting a Shark
Yay! Just so you all know we made it, we are now on Caye Caulker in Belize. We are sipping on rum and cokes ($1.75 for a VERY stiff drink) as we type. It is hot and sunny, but there is a wonderful breeze coming off of the sea. This has to be THE most laid ...
Big Rock Falls
It took about 45 minutes to get from Green Hills to the trail head for Big Rock Falls. Very rough road on the way as always. When entering the Mountain Pine Ridge reserve, our van was stopped and we were given a survey created by a ...
Arrival
... introduced us to the area a bit as he drove us away from the airport. He told us about the demographics of Belize, the national animals, and how the national language is English, but most speak Spanish, etc. He drove us towards the Western ...
Beautiful Belize
... square. Afterwards we headed to a bar that was mentioned in the lonely planet. Here we got talking to locals (again) about Belize, its culture, people and beliefs (very deep and meaningful!) The next morning we woke up and began our journey to ...
Restaurants and Bars
... salad or coleslaw and fry plantains. They also provide excellent places for breakfast. The second largest populous group in Belize is Chinese so there are a large number of the inevitable Chinese restaurants of varying standards most of them are ...
Return Trip to Belize City
... of a couple of back packers (Lewis and Emma) who required a lift back to the City, we decided to risk coming back to Belize City. After 1 1/4 hrs on the road we arrived at the crossing a found a large queue of trucks, buses and vans not a good ...
Our last day here in Cayo - for now:-)
... probably return at some point. Tomorrow we'll catch a plane down to Punta Gorda or PG as it' s known here. We have to go to Belize Municipal first, but even at $200 it's a lot better than the scary buses and the 8-10 hours we'd spend on a bus. ...
Alright...we're here...Belize City airport
Alrighty we've arrived in Belize and it's definitely different from any other country I've visited so far...the airline lost our luggage so we had to drive into Belize City to find some clothes...it was a very intriguing endeavour...the one traffic light ...
Southern Mayan Ruins
... things before passing over into the next life. The ruins are set high up under the Maya Mountains overlooking Honduras, Guatemala and Belize. On this site are carved stelae documents. Each stone has a purpose, whether to worship one of the Gods or ...
BELIZE IT OR NOT THE AMISH ARE HERE!
... and some powerful spotlights and ventured into Barton Creek Cave. This is the longest subterranean archaeological sites in Belize. It has some amazing stalagmites and stalactites and crystal formations but what we were interested in seeing ...
Inland Belize
... , and tried not to fall on any crystal formations or pottery. The photos don´t do the cave justice. If you´re ever in Belize this is definitely worth a visit. I stayed in a little hotel in the middle of town called Elvira´s Guest House. It was ...
Belize
... produced no ill effects after half an hour. GAME ON! We were on the second tender across from our mooring to Belize City :) The Former British Crown Colony of British Honduras is about the size of Wales, but has a population of ...
Pirates of the Cribbean, sort of!
7th January 2010: Set off on my island hopping 3 day sailing trip with Ragamuffin tours in wet and windy conditions but we were assured it would get better before it got worse. The captain was Jermaine with Jacob, just back from another trip that morning ...
Belize and the weird Rasta Language
... we had just visited the jungle ruins of Tikal in Northern Guatemala and we were ready to leave and see something new. On arriving in Belize I was, literally, in shock from the fact that the SIGNS WERE IN ENGLISH! What the hell was going on? 7 months of ...
Cave Diving....Brrrrrrrr!
... assistant walks up to us and tells us to get into the Forgio, anyway. The Forgio is the largest natural cave in all of Belize with large channels of water flowing underneath it. Once we get into the cave, we put on our diving suits and wait for our ...
Getting ready for the move
... after a night in Guate City and then another night on the island of Flores, we're back to the devil's heat of Belize. I just bought a stove and mattress and some plastic storage buckets for water. While I was buying the plastic things from a kid ...