Greetings from Belize.
Those of you who have been to Belize before might not find these surprising, but this is my first time here and they surprised me. Here is a brief laundry list:
The U.S. Dollar is widely accepted. With the Belize Dollar pegged at 2:1 to the U.S. ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Belize it or not: Top Surprizing Things About Belize
Greetings from Belize.
Those of you who have been to Belize before might not find these surprising, but this is my first time here and they surprised me. Here is a brief laundry list:
The U.S. Dollar is widely accepted. With the Belize Dollar pegged at 2:1 to the U.S. ...Belize it or not: Diving the Blue Hole
Greetings from Belize.
Yesterday, I made one of my life-long dreams come true. I dove the Great Blue Hole, a submarine cave about 45 miles off the coast of Belize. They say after diving it, divers are usually either utterly disappointed or absolutely blown away. I found it ...Belize it or not: Ways to use a golf cart
Greetings from Belize! In San Pedro, "the big town" on the Belize island of Ambergris Caye, the preferred form of transportation is a golf cart. (Most of the roads are not paved and the main inhabited part of the island is only a few miles long.) Although golf carts don't ...Belize it or not: The World Soymilk Development Index
Greetings from Belize! Something just dawned on me today while walking through "downtown" San Pedro, Belize: you can judge the "development" of an area by whether or not it has soymilk readily available in grocery stores. Sure, I'm waiting for a flurry of criticism on this ...Belize it or not: The shark petting zoo
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Hello from Belize! What a beautiful little country this is.
I have wanted to come here forever, being a diver and all. As you probably know, the Belize Barrier Reef (stretching from Yucatan all the way to the coast of Guatemala) is the second largest reef in the world, ...Belize's coral reef is threatened
Belize has been on my "places to dive" list for years. At the same time, I get anxious every time I think about diving in Belize. Years ago, I knew somebody who died while diving the Blue Hole, the infamous collapsed limestone cave more than 400 feet deep. She was an ...Chaacreek in Belize: Location for love
Travel and Leisure's 2005 issue listed 50 romantic places. The description of Chaacreek in Belize was attention-grabbing. What does the "Screamer Room" sound like to you? The resort Web site doesn't list a room with this name, but what a gorgeous looking place. Perhaps the ...The less traveled part of the Caribbean
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There's so much to love about the Caribbean, and so much to hate.
The "hate" category exists because the Caribbean we have all come to love is now loved by too many; there are too many hotels, too many tourists, and too much development.
But there are ...One for the Road: Moon Belize
Moon has released updated editions of several Central American titles this fall. We've mentioned their Guatemala and Costa Rica handbooks already, and will highlight another new release today: Joshua Berman's Moon Belize has been nominated for Planeta's Book of the Year ...Geek Cruises
If one has to be a geek to go on a Geek Cruise, then call me a geek. Looking over the itinerary choices of this company reminds me of looking through the course offerings of a community adult ed program--self improve while having fun.
The idea is that while you are enjoying ...The Amazing world of Francis Ford Coppola
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It's rare that a real live person can be described as a destination.
And yet, this is how the Miami Herald describes film director Francis Ford Coppola.
Films can be journeys unto themselves, of course, but it is Coppola's non-cinematic ventures which are the focus of the ...Cruise Ship Dumping
Our good friend Josh Berman, who hauled himself with his wife out to glorious Boulder, Colorado, is still keeping busy traveling and writing his blog, Stonegrooves. It's been a while since we checked in with the prolific travel book writer, so I figured we'd do so and post ...Gadling Podcast: Joshua Berman
The whole guidebook writing thing has long intrigued me with its double-sided nature. On the one hand, being in a foreign locale, and having your job consist of reporting on the food, lodging and fun in that place seems like a dream job. On the other hand, spending an entire ...GADLING'S TAKE FIVE: Week of July 9
Time for us to showcase some of our favorite blurbs of the week in case you missed them. I'm guessing most of you dear and loyal readers, haven't and I completely don't understand if you did, but here's another chance to review five. 5. Saving Belizean Music: Thanks to ...Saving Belizean Music
I'm always on the lookout for new and exciting music. Unfortunately, in an era of American Idol, Backstreet Boys, and Celine Dion, I'm finding I have to look further and further abroad to find something actually good.
It was therefore with a welcome surprise that I came ...Planning a Belize Adventure
I'm not one for resorts, but prefer instead to stay in cheap, local hotels and/or hostels. Or sometimes, if I can find the right beach or camping area, I'll pitch a tent and hang out for free...or nearly free, as most camping places don't charge much. But you might be ...Garifuna Settlement Day in Belize
I'm going to guess that you have never heard of Garifuna Settlement Day. Come on, be honest! OK, maybe one or two of you know it because you did a trip to Belize way back when. Well good for you. That's one of the reasons we travel, isn't it? To learn about stuff like ...Interview with Joshua Berman on Rolf Potts.com
Several times over the last few months we've called out the site of Joshua Berman Tranquilo Traveler for its compelling writing about India and other far off places. Berman seems to be in India now, following in the footsteps of Buddha.
Rolf Potts did an interview with ...DiCaprio Buys Island
OK, maybe this is old news for some folk, the ones who follow all this star stuff so closely, but it was news to me. Leo DiCaprio of Gilbert Grape fame (my favorite movie of his), has bought himself a little slice of tropical heaven. For a mere $2.4 million, Leo purchased ...The "On the Verge of Discovery" Caribbean
The Caribbean...as it once was before mass tourism choked it. Authentic local experiences, no American chains and a feeling of discovering a place few others have seen. If you haven't hit ports of call like these yet, says the San Francisco Chronicle, you better get off ...
