Belize City Journals

Music, Tin Roofs and Yellow Coconuts

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A May 1996 trip to Belize City by Languedoc

Goff Cay Photo - American Canadian Caribbean Line, Belize City, Belize More Photos
Quote: Two trips to Belize are included here; one alone by bus and the other aboard a small tour ship

Music, Tin Roofs and Yellow Coconuts

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Overview

Government Building Photo - Belize City, Belize
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The best part of traveling alone in Belize is taking the country buses anywhere they go. If you are out among the islands on the reef, see the main ones of course, but head for the smaller ones, such as Tobacco Cay or Laughing Bird Cay. Quick Tips: Be very careful in Belize City. It is something of a pit with hucksters all over the place trying to part suckers and their money, and often picking their pockets. The area where the major hotels are, and some consulates, is the safest. Belmopan, the capital about 40 miles into the jungle, is worth a visit but not much else. Best Way To Get Around: As noted above, the buses that travel along all roads in Belize are inexpensive, often fun i...Read More

Bellevue Hotel

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The Bellevue was an experience. It is a very dark place, with bare 40-watt bulbs hanging in the hallways and the same wattage and fixtures in the rooms. The sheets felt like tired Velcro; there were no hangars in the closets and my room had no window because it was an interior room. It was a full board hotel, meaning breakfast and dinner were included. Breakfast was okay; coffee, toast, dry cereal and scrambled eggs and sausage. The dinners weren't so predictable. The dining room was so dark that I had to light matches to read the menu and all meat was boiled; none was fried or baked or grilled. Boiled.

Member Rating 2 out of 5 on August 28, 2000

Bellevue Hotel
5 Southern Foreshore
Belize City, Belize
+501 (0) 277 051

American Canadian Caribbean Line

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New Shoreham Photo - American Canadian Caribbean Line, Belize City, Belize
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The crew and passengers are the most friendly of any ship I have been on. The bridge is open to passengers, and there is no bartender in the lounge. The ship goes where few other ships its size can; it is a little over 100 feet long but only 30 feet wide so it can navigate canal locks in New England and Canada when it isn't in the Caribbean. It is an excellent way to see out-of-the-way islands and villages in the Caribbean.

Member Rating 4 out of 5 on August 28, 2000

American Canadian Caribbean Line
461 Water Street
Belize City, Belize 02885
(401) 247-0955

Rio Dulce

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One of the most beautiful rivers in Central America is the Rio Dulce that separates Belize and Guatemala. The river is slow and deep as it comes down from the highlands and flattens out before reaching the sea at Livingston, the ramshackle port town on the Caribbean. The boat trip up the river is very pretty as it goes through the steep gorge, and in the morning and evening nearly every day birds, especially pelicans and tucans, migrate up and down the river. Several Mayan families live along the river, and the waterlogged villages, many on stilts over the river, welcome visitors. They often sell gift items, such as tiny hand-carved canoes, jewelry and fabrics. It isn't far up the river to Lake ...Read More

Member Rating 3 out of 5 on September 17, 2000

Rio Dulce
Between Belize and Guatemala
Belize City, Belize

Belize by Bus

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Story/Tip

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Early one morning I left my hotel in Chetumal, Mexico, and walked over to the international bus station, bought a ticket for about eight dollars, and went aboard the bus headed south to Belize City. The driver was standing off to one side caressing a lovely young woman, and he motioned me onto the bus without removing his hands from her bottom. The bus left just as the sun was coming up and we crossed the Rio Hondo River into Belize in daylight. The driver was the first into the customs shed at the border, and when the last of the passengers was off, a comely young woman who had been standing by the customs shed got aboard the bus. Since I was the first in the shed behind the driver, and I fi...Read More

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