Belize, Part Two

Another lesson learned: Don't let the husband make any unsupervised posts to this blog!

Belize is a pretty amazing place. We took a tour around Belize City on the bus that time forgot that broke down once in-between a few heavily-armed police checkpoints. Yeah, THAT was fun. We later boarded an airboat to see Mantees, native birds, gators, etc.

The country is very young & still developing. from a US standard of living, the residents have nothing (the typical person earns about $80 a week). However, our guides and others we had the opportunity to talk to were extremely proud of their country & how it is much more developed than some of their neighboring counties.

However, everyone we talked to mentioned that pretty much all Belizians (sp?) who had electricity @ home had cable & were very in tune to all-things USA.

Pretty much any kind of meds that require a prescription in the US could be purchased in Belize w/o any needed doctor's note in many of the tourist shops & pharmacies.

Belize It or Not (part 1)

Handy travel tip... Never bring your husband on an airboat ride through the mangroves outside of Belize City. Why? Because he will spend the rest of the day holding his arms out, leaning to the left & making airboat noises (sounds like "Bpphbpphbpphbpph").

More to come tomorrow.

Upcoming Spring Break Trip to Mexico & Beyond

Trip time is coming up again. Of course, this is purely an educational visit to help Megan ace her HS Spanish class!