[gardeners] Belize
flylo@txcyber.com (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Thu, 5 Jul 2001 11:44:51 -0500
Belize is road miles! I've flown in twice and driven in several times.
Once pulling a stock trailer loaded with bulls and once pulling a 25'
boat. I admit those were two hairy trips! Once I drove down from
Houston during a hurricane, (don't spend the night in a thatch hut
during a hurricane, those coconuts turn into cannonballs <G>)
Don't use Pemex gas in Mexico any more than you can help it.
(carry your own gas to mix with it and be prepared to change out
plugs midtrek). Other don'ts: Don't get locked in a truckstop toilet
when you can't speak Spanish !!
In Bze, we usually stay in Orange Walk (Northern section) but I've
traveled all over, friends in Dangriga (Stann Creek), and Placencia
is beautiful. But, Belize is a young person's place, not a retirement
place. Too much theft (they don't think of it as a crime), too far from
good medical facilities, and just too HARD living in general.
But hey, I have friends in Costa Rica and they say it's a lot different
there.
Oh, to keep this garden related, I started bringing back habanero
seed from Belize in 1972, back before it was 'fad food'.
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