Country Archive
Trading Up in the Caribbean
Date: 01/10/2006Trading Up in the Caribbean: I met Jane on the flight from Belize City to Corozal. She and her husband retired to Belize two years ago--they sold their home in Illinois and bought a two-bedroom house in Santa Rita for $48,000.
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Eating Well in Belize
Date: 01/05/2006World-class diving...pirates...tropical birds and exotic creatures... These are what you probably imagine when you think of Belize. But good food? Hardly.
Read OnAll of Nature Wild and Free
Date: 11/26/2005Orchid Bay is 115 acres of rain forest with one-and-a-half miles of pristine beachfront at Belize's Point Alegre on the coast of the Corozal District.
Read OnHow to Slip Past Belize's Pica Pica's
Date: 07/11/2005"Every spring, the waters of Belize fill with a million tiny jellyfish. Known as 'thimbles,' they look just like the sewing tool they’re named for. Thimbles fill the sea here for two to three weeks..."
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Into the Blue Hole of Belize
Date: 01/20/2005"The almost perfectly round 'Blue Hole' of Belize, in the center of the Lighthouse Reef Atoll, is one of the world’s most intriguing dive destinations. Up close, it’s filled with stalagmites, stalactites, and sharks..."
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Upstream in Belize
Date: 11/15/2004"We’d seen the ruins at Tikal and Copan, considered two of the most impressive Mayan cities, so we were skeptical about Lamanai, Belize. In the end, we made the trip..."
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