D*Victoria Hotel
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Jungle river cruise and Lamanai ruins
... lunch instead. We made our way to Shivam’s furniture store and found him there. Why didn’t he show up on Sunday with the box springs as per the plan? "Somebody" told Shivam that we had all boarded a boat for Corozal so maybe that’s where we were. Helen was fuming and wasted no time in telling him that we gringos do not all look alike and why would he believe somebody who thought there was a possibility we had left town? Why hadn’t he dropped in ...
Orange Walk Town
... Caribbean Blue! The sun came out, the window tops were opened, and the bus careened down the road, doing the Belizean side-step as it avoided the potholes at top speed.
We arrive at Orange Walk sixty-five minutes later at 7:55 a.m. and find a nearby pharmacy where we speak to a very knowledgeable woman pharmacist. We glean some information about a number of different things, purchase some Deep Woods Off spray for the impending mozzie tours, some ...
Border Crossing Mexico - Belize
... of course, so we paid without much of an argument. Although Juliette wasn't happy with the bribe, I was just content to get going, after all, US$15 is not worthy delaying our trip. Although I did see locals on our bus just walked across the bridge, not paying any fees.
On the Belize side of immigration, things were easier. A few simple questions about where we are going and how long we intend to stay in Belize, and a entry stamp ...
Lamanai!
... get a more extensive tour of the ruin and added time on the river. Worth the extra expense in my opinion.
We left at 6:00 a.m. for a choppy ride to the mainland and up the river to the Orangewalk district/
Snaking through the mangrove marshes we eventually head up river to arrive the in village of Bomba.
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Ice Factory, Mennonite People and Lamanai Ruins
... provided by our tour guide so some may be urban legend but, seeing the Pharmacia de la Fuenta as we were leaving town did add a little weight. If it's true, they must be a happily wealthy family :-)
Speaking of families, in Belize, the Mennonites are similar to the Amish with their large, religious, closed communities, one being just outside Orange Walk. It was most amusing that one of them stared at me as he was interested in my Cane, rather than us staring at him ...
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