Resuming Belize

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by FERENC IVANICS
Belize is a small country. They have two cities, which are rather larger towns. Other villages are almost like ranches. Belize has, in total, 270,000 habitants. There's no soft drinks in bottles larger than two pints, these are small as well, small as the country.



But, to call the road on the photo above a Highway, that's an easy overstatement. Though it's true, this is the widest road there is in Belize. Many times you see the wilderness just one step away from the Highway. You have to pay attention, especially when two trailers pass by each other.


Everything is so small, except prices. Belize is the most expensive place here in Central America. I don't know, maybe because there's a lot of imported products. We think that the sum to pay when leaving Belize is offensively high. But to say something positive as well, people are a lot more likable than we'd been told, we've met some particularly good guys. And no one wanted to shoot us for our shoes...