Houses in Belize

... during the winter of 2007. The trip began in Guatemala where we joined a 16-member Habitat for Humanity team to build houses for 2 families in a little town called El Estor on Lago de Izabal, inland from the Caribbean coast. Afterwards, we checked out ...

... city, not worth a visit, we found ourselves in what I imagined to be pretty typical Caribbean countryside. Brightly painted houses, some shanties and some large concrete block substantial properties and some neat wooden houses which looked as if they had ...

... a battle in 1798 in which the Baymen (British soldiers and descendents of the same) defeated Spanish conquistadors, thus preserving Belize as an English colony. Or, actually, preserving British Honduras. Belize didn't become known as Belize until much ...

... dinner.   Herve and Kathy Cormier retired to Hopkins five years ago.  They had no prior connections with Hopkins or Belize but, after much research, found it was one of the few safe but inexpensive places left for them to retire to where they ...

... back to see more. I just felt so good about that day. Seeing the jungle and caves and enjoying the natural splendors that belize has to offer me. I feel lucky to have been able to experience it all. The next week i was working with CARE Belize ...

... its coast. This place is great! Or, you might say, unbelizeable! So today the real traveling began from Mexico over the boarder into Belize and onto the Caye Caulker (pron: Key Caulker). We set off at 5.30 am on a local bus which was absolutely ...

... for lots of people it is only important what do I give my children tonight for dinner. But for now, only 16 km Belize, before named British Honduras Yes it is different up here, touristic, you can buy everything, but expensive. Yesterday we bought half a ...

... stay for a week.” The Outpost is a backpacker hotspot and is set in one of the most beautiful inland locations in Belize. Camping is super-cheap, rental tents are available and there is a new dorm-style bunkhouse that overlooks a beautiful creek in ...

... wood, some tin or hut and some of all styles together. Concrete is the new thing, its hurricane proof! I was ignorant of Belize history before coming here, I only realised, upon looking at the guide book a few days before entering, it was a commonwealth ...

Claire: We have news... we've found paradise. Belize is what I always imagined Jamaica would be like, only without the gang- and drug-related crime and with a slightly more understandable version of Patois (Creole English). We  did manage ...

After having jumped on the old US school bus at the Belizean border, I finally reach the (pretty ugly) Belize City. On the bus, I met Yotam (ISR) with whom I travelled till the Caye Caulker, including a nice 15min walk under great warmth in the city, and ...

... district. Once over the border it is obvious that you have left one country and entered another. For starters, everyone in Belize speaks English, with Spanish being a second language and Creole being the home language. Also the architecture of Belize is ...

... an engaging but not pushy attitude towards tourists, heavenly Caribbean waters, and some amazing Mayan sites inland. Highlights of Belize: - A budget-blowing, all-day sailing and snorkeling trip while on Caye Caulker. Reef sharks, the rare manatee, ...

... suburbs are the wealthy ones by all accounts but we never headed up that way. -------------------------------------------- A brief History of Belize British pirates first used the coast of Belize while attacking the rich Spanish treasure fleets that ...

... cabana overlooking the Caribbean ocean ha ha!)   The next day we boarded our 'Express Bus' with some other westerners and local Belize people for destination 14, blimey just the number makes me feel tired! Not sure if the bus would get us there, we ...

... were happy when it was our turn to get off. They tell you 3 hours, it was more like 4.5. Immigration went OK, except for Belize charging us some ridiculous amount to leave the country... Which no-one else except Si, Me and another westerner had to pay. ...

... into existence, but most have to do with the 1961 Hurricane Hattie that hit Caye Caulker, killing 13 people, destroying all but 8 houses, and splitting the island in two. We spent a lot of time here snorkeling and lazing about drinking beer from the Lazy ...

... my first land border into Belize. What a contrast from Mexico! It just seemed so much poorer than Mexico. Neglected houses, fading billboards, hardly what I expected from this country I first read about some five years earlier. The scenery was very ...