Red Bess Posted February 7, 2005 Share Posted February 7, 2005 A co-worker of mine just got back from a week in Belize. She travels a lot, and she said this was the best vacation ever -- beautiful beaches, no crime. So she bought a time share here:Captain Morgan's Retreat Nothing particularily piratey about the place, but ya gotta love the name. Maybe she'll take me along sometime.... Ladies in Scarlet: Piratical Art and Accessories Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diosa De Cancion Posted February 7, 2005 Share Posted February 7, 2005 As a 1/2 Belizean... let me chime in... What you say is true...except for Belize City. The crime rate is much higher in the city...and generally everyone has to go through there when ariving by plane and usually by ship. Frankly, the major problem came as more ships were able to dock at Belize city... that opened the area up for more drug trade and such... and the drug rates and drug crimes that followed went up substantially. Frankly my advise to all going to Belize... is consider Belize city as a place to fly in/out of, and there is a great grocery store at the edge of town where you can provision, then take off and enjoy the rest of the magnificent country with ruins,caves,rainforests, mountains, scuba diving, etc...!! By the way, Ambergris Caye, where the timeshare your friend bought is located, is also the place where they filmed the Temptation Island Reality TV show a few years back... Diosa De Cancion aka Mary Read www.iammaryread.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capnwilliam Posted March 27, 2005 Share Posted March 27, 2005 I'd heard that Belize City wasn't a good place. Being familiar with Belize, Goddess, could you recommend any places there as being especially good to vacation? Settle? Capt. William "The fight's not over while there's a shot in the locker!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diosa De Cancion Posted March 28, 2005 Share Posted March 28, 2005 Depends on what you would like to be close to. Definitely get out os Belize city... it will just give you a bitter first taste of the Country. As I mentioned before, the only stop I make in Belize city is for the grocery store before I leave town and take the cross-country Trek. If you are a fan of having access to things like stores... civilization... you need to stay near one of the highways (while that sounds funny, there are only a few truly paved roads in the country...so those would be your highways).. I would not want to live right on one of them... because then you always have all the vehicles barreling by... but one of the lesser roads not too far from the highway would not be bad. I am partial to the more Western Side of the country.... maybe te Cayo District(it's where I spend most of my time). If you are looking to live there... it would be wise to be in that area. it is near Belmopan, which is the captiol, so you will be near all the offices you will need for anything, plus shopping etc... and you can still get a house a little off the beaten path(Maybe a little west of Belmopan off the highway), but it all the things you need will be accessible. Also that area is great because not too far a drive away are some ruins, caves etc... so you can have a little of everything without too much inconvenience... now if you are just looking to visit... willing to rough it...and want to see some great things, my favorite Ruin site is Caracol. It is a heck of a drive to get to, but truly truly a magnificent site. I make the full day trek to get there pretty much every time I go to Belize. Again, if you are doing the tourist circuit. I would just advise taking a day or two to to make your way down there. or if you don't want to go that far... Xunantunich is another ruin site that is just off the Western Highway(also in the Cayo District) that they have done a LOT of excavation on in recent years and has become magnificent to behold as well. There is also a great butterfly sanctuary out that way. Anything else I can help with? I can advise places to go for really yummy hot tortillas.... pastries.... etc etc... just let me know :) Michelle Diosa De Cancion aka Mary Read www.iammaryread.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capnwilliam Posted March 29, 2005 Share Posted March 29, 2005 Wife Jan and I have been talking about visiting there. I understand there is something of a New Orleans colony there. (?) I'd probably be most interested, for a visit, especially a first visit, in seeing nature, and ruins. Not interested in city life when on vacation, because I live in New Orleans. (Not that we don't have a lot of ruins here; hell, half the city is in ruins!) I will get back with you, Goddess; kind of hurried right now... Capt. William "The fight's not over while there's a shot in the locker!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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