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- From: tjfeue@bb1t.monsanto.com
- Subject: Re: Travel to Belize - March
- Message-ID: <1993Jan25.134352.1@bb1t.monsanto.com>
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- Organization: Monsanto Company, St. Louis, MO
- References: <C18D7I.2K3@space.physics.uiowa.edu>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 19:43:52 GMT
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- In article <C18D7I.2K3@space.physics.uiowa.edu>, rlm@sunlight.physics
- .uiowa.edu (Robert Mutel) writes:
- > My family and I are thinking about a 1 week trip to Belize in late March.
- > I have read (most of) the excellent guidebook in the library, and have some
- > tentative plans. However, I wonder if anyone on the net has been there
- > recently who could recommend any areas/beaches/ruins/rainforest treks,
- > etc that were particularly interesting or unusual?
-
- I was there twice last year and will be there again in early March.
-
- Ambergris Caye (pronounced Key) is the "Cancun/Cozumel" of Belize...
- with heavy emphasis on the quotes. Caye Caulker is the "budget"
- island, you can get a cabana with cold running water on the shore
- for as little as $8.00US/night at Ignacios Beach Huts or one with
- A/C, full time hot water, cable TV, phone, etc for $50US at The
- Tropical Paradise Hotel. Seabeeze (yes, it is spelled right... It
- is owned by Chuck and Bonnie) is a better deal (next door).
- Because of the Barrier Reef, the beaches are generally pretty narrow,
- but you can swim and sun from the many docks. Placencia, in the south,
- has the best beaches. It also has a sidewalk instead of a main road...
- Honest! Stay the hell out of Belize City as much as possible. If
- you go out at night, take a cab. Belize City is a real scum pit
- (of course I love scum pits, but that's another story) and you will
- have all kinds of people bugging your for money, tours, whatever.
- San Ignacio (Cayo) in the west is a good starting point for the several
- game reserves, lodges rivers and Mayan ruins in the area. Dangriga
- is boring. Punta Gorda is really wet, but has the lushest forest
- and there are several Mayan ruins somewhat near there. In the North,
- Corozal is the major town. More of a Mexican flair to things but
- still Belizian. Any specific questions, Email for more detail.
-
- Ted Feuerbach - Scientific Systems Consultant
- Disclaimer: Monsanto didn't say this, I did!
-