Best Western Belize Biltmore Plaza Hotel Belize City

... to him that i couldn´t give him anything as i had already given half my budget to others. But after his story of how hungry and poor he was (and some wicked Rasta poetry!) i bought him a rum and we had a chat.

Sod this i thought, if i stay out here i will spend days worth of budgets and so i decamped back to the guesthouse where i watched the new series of ´Desperate Housewives´ and ´Belize has got Talent´ with the 20 year old son ...

... too stupid to operate it, you don´t belong in a plane, right? Well, in all my travels and plane trips around the world yesterday I met the .0001% of people who do not know how to operate one! There she was two rows ahead of me with her traditional build taking up two seats and straining against the seatbelt and shoulder harness. Let me just describe the seatbelt here...it looks just like ...

... caulker one of the islands off the coast. It was nice to see the ocean in it blue warmness. Caye caulker is about 21km square and a little touristy but not pushy. We now have to plan for the next phase as we do, first plan what we are going to do then plan what is next, this is where it gets tricky we want to go to the bay island in honduras but there is no easy way to do so, sowe are staying here a little longer then expected but with ...

... My EXTREMELY short stay in Belize was interesting, but I´m glad to be back in Mexico. A note to travelers- Belize charges an exit fee of $37.50 ($18us) but they don't advise you of this when you enter the country. Be prepared, because they only accept Belizean dollars. Also, be prepared for communication breakdowns. Supposedly English is the official language of Belize, but I didn't understand shˇt they said and had to use Spanish to get the information I needed.

... to the Cayes (pronounced Keys). The first Cayes we visit are part of the Manatee Preserve and as we slow to a hover over Swallow Caye the Manatees can be seen floating and feeding in the waters below. A cow and calf, groups grazing together or solitary swimmers moving along the sea bed to greener pastures. They are oblivious to us and we leave them to their dinner. On several occasions we have seen dolphins in the ...

... et autres poissons a des prix derisoires. Puis, comme nous n'avions pas trouver un seul endroit ou faire la fete depuis une 10aine de jours (les zones touristiques guatemalteques en semblent definitivement depourvues), nous cherchions les activites ivresques. Un peu plus loin sur la plage, nous nous faisions inviter a boire l'apero chez une famille de Nantais (Regis, Katya et leurs 2 enfants) rencontres un peu plus tot sur le bateau. Regis etait ...

... cook! When we finished lunch, we headed down to Emmith and Jill's to get drum lessons from an internationaly-known drummer! ( Check your lonely planet on Belize, Emmith is in there!) It was so cool, but turns out we white girls have no rhythm! Or at least I don't, the rest of the team was pretty great. We headed back to the base after our lessons, with sore hands and full stomachs from Jills homemade ...

Ok, have started the packing process, not too involved, as I'm only taking 1 weeks worth of clothes, and a laundry bag. I ordered 4 pairs of pants from Lands' End. They're already at my sister's house so all I have to do is pick them up. Oh, and the machete my Mom's making me take.*Rolls Eyes* I'll ...

... trip, I seemed to be the only foreigner around; although I do like the whole backpacker trail thing, sometimes it annoys me that so many other people are doing what I'm doing - it makes it feel less special, less adventurous. But then I realised that the main reason why I was feeling so happy, was the FREEDOM; There I was, in the middle of a small Latin American country miles from home, on my own, with nothing but a rucksack, and, most importantly, no responsibilities ...