I'm 27, a freelance hack based in London, where I've lived all my life.
I'm 27, a freelance hack based in London, where I've lived all my life.
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- or thats what the t-shirts would have you believe, anyhow. I spent two weeks there earlier this year on an adventure trip with my best mate, and was really quite impressed. The first thing to note is that unless you're on a mammoth regional trek it's a pain in the arse to get to. The airport's tiny, flights get booked up by rich americans wanting a local getaway and they're really expensive anyhow. You can fly into Guatemala and sign up for a ten-hour boneshaker bus trip, or trek down from Mexico (lots of cheap flights go to Cancun) - it's a long way, so plan on breaking the journey somewhere or hanging out in Mexico for a while. Once there, the best bit of Belize is easily the coast. It's got the second longest barrier reef in the world, which runs parallel to the coastline, and the islands inbetween are superb. Low, flat, sandy, calm (because of the reef) no sharks (ditto), lots of palm trees, beautiful sunsets and incredibly laid back - it remains the only place I've been where every single bar supplies hammocks for punters. The only things to do are lie around in the sun, take snorkelling and diving trips out to the reef (hammerheads, anyone?) which is a stunning experience, or just go boating around some of the other islands. Otherwise, feast on lobster (unless you go for March, as I did - the one month when it's out of season) and conch stew, drink beer, hang about in hammocks working on your tan... bliss. Inland's a bit of a disappointment, temples are a bit crap compared to Guatemala (if you really want a bit of culture, head over the border to the incomparable Tikal, an ancient Mayan city in the jungle - where a bit of Star Wars was filmed, apparently) and 'jungle'; generally translates as fairly ordinary forest. And the food isn't nearly as good - if you don't like burritos or eggs you're going to get quite stuck and it gets very boring indeed for vegetarians.
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