Tag: Belize

  • Official Name: Belize (formerly British Honduras) Established: 21 September 1981 (Independence from United Kingdom) Population: 419,199 (2020 estimate) Religion: 63.8% Christianity, 25.5% No religion Language(s): English (multiple other secondary languages also recognised) Capital: Belize City Order of Visit: Forty-Fifth  First Visit: 31 December 2012 Last Visit: 05 January 2013  Duration: 6 Days Visit Highlights: – Caye…

  • Saturday 5 January 2013 Highlights: Tikal Ruins Today we left Belize behind getting up around 6 am in order to have breakfast and be on the road by 6.40 am. Border control was interesting, we paid $18.75 USD To exit Belize and about $1.25 USD to enter Guatemala. The interesting aspect is we walked past…

  • Friday 4 January 2013 Highlights: Actun Tunichil Muknal (ATM) Caves. During the night it rained very hard and as a result all our booked activities today underwent major changes. For me the Actun Tunichil Muknal Caves or the Cave of the Crystal Sepulchre was changed from a 11.30 am departure to 8.15 am. This news…

  • Thursday 3 January 2013 Highlights: Travel day by boat and public yellow school bus Travel day from Caye Caulker to San Ignacio which meant a 45 minute water boat ride back to the mainland and away from paradise, literary since that was the name of our hotel!

  • Wednesday 2 January 2013 Highlights: Snorkelling and cruising in the Caribbean. Today the majority of the group opted for a day of snorkelling in the Caribbean and exploring the second largest coral reef in the world after the Barrier Reef in Australia. As we had 14 people Andrea managed to organise a boat just for…