A Tale of 4 Crips We arrived in San Ignacio after a bus journey with Amish people who were all dressed identically and looked like the cast of Little House on the Prairie. A very odd site on a bus full of Belizeans and two English people. Lisa was attacked by an Amish hat which was not relocated by the owner for some time. Lisa was too scared to touch it. As well as living without modern innovations, they also appear to live without deodorant - an observation i...

Caribbean StyleAfter escaping Belize City on a water taxi, we arrived at the safe haven of Caye Caulker. Went to a Lonely Planet recommended hotel - Hotel Miramar- which was right on the beach. Room was nice and the island even nicer.  All the buildings were wooden, lovely and rickety and on stilts.  The internet was unbelievably expensive at 4 Bz for 18 mins (= 1 pound) We spent 7 nights here and so there would be a lot of long...

Belize City Arrived late in Belize City and got a cab to an ATM since we had no Belizean currency. The first ATM rejected our cards - uh oh - but luckily the second one we tried worked OK. The hotel we had decided to stay at had been shut down so once again we relied on Lonely Planet's second choice called "The North Front Street Guest House". When we saw it we were reminded more of a seedy brothel than a hotel. Oh well. Taxi driver ripped us off a...