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Many people don’t really know where Belize the Naturist’s Paradise is located in the world. It is a small Central American country bordered by Mexico to the North, Guatemala to the West and Honduras to the South. While many towns are practically surrounded by rivers and seas, Belize is not an island.
However, it is a popular destination for the many cruise ships that tour around the Caribbean, but don’t come here expecting American or European style luxury.
Belize’s crown jewel is the lush tropical backdrop that can be found in nearly every town and every district. One American ex-pat I met says, “it’s a naturist’s paradise.”
Take a walk on any trail, and you are bound to greeted by dozens of brightly colored parrots, chirping their hellos; butterflies like the Blue Morpho, which will land on you if you stay still enough; or howler monkeys if you are in certain areas like Burrell Boom and Lamanai. They aren’t unfriendly, but they are loud.
This latest trip had me in the town of San Ignacio on Belizean Independence Day. We drove from Corozal in the north to this town just west of the capital city of Belmopan. The ride was filled with parades of marching children showing off their patriotism, bike races which draw competitors from all over the world like the Tour de France and scenery unmatched by anything in the world.
Don’t get me wrong, you will pass shacks that make you wonder how anyone can survive living there, as well as tired and hot people waiting for buses to take them where they need to go, and vendors selling carvings and fruit on the highway. But, if you look beyond them, you will see hibiscus flowers growing wild, birds of paradise and ginger lining the street and the most gorgeous palm trees bearing the sweetest coconut you will ever taste.
The leisurely drive had stops at local supermarkets for cassava chips by the Cayo Snack Company, a trip to Cheers on the Western Highway for a potty break in a super clean bathroom and a yummy carrot pineapple muffin with some Cokes and a Fanta.
We also tried to get to the popular, yet seemingly elusive Jaguar Paw resort, but we happened upon a government park with cave and river tubing. That’s an adventure for another day.
We checked into a hotel in San Ignacio called the Hi-Et Guesthouse. By American and European standards it is a dump! But I have learned, clean is the best barometer in this country. The rooms are small, but they have private baths with hot and cold water. You go through the owner’s home to get to the rooms, passing their living room, laundry lines and kitchen. But hey, the shower is good enough to wash my hair and get the day’s sweat, sunscreen and bug repellant off me. The bed isn’t the plushest, but it’s clean and the owners are nice. Best of all, it is $40 Belize (about $20USD) for a double bed room. We could have gone up the street and spent $100USD but for what? A TV maybe? Big deal. And, let me tell you something, the power goes out in Belize a lot… and those big fancy hotels usually don’t have generators and the rooms aren’t always better. Some notable exceptions, The Great House in Belize City, Tony’s Inn and Resort in Corozal, DuPlooy’s in Cayo and Five Sisters in Mountain Pine Ridge.
One trip we stayed at a “resort” in Hopkins that looked kind of yucky outside, but the rooms were serviceable and they were on a beach, so we got to swim until dusk came.
Although I have to admit, the clumsy girl in me was a little afraid by the lack of railings. But I survived!
The roads in Belize can be a little rough, especially when going off the main highways and up through the mountains. But it is totally worth it to see miracles of nature, like the 1,000 foot fall, which is really more like 1,600 feet high.
You can find that at Mountain Pine Ridge in the Cayo District in the West.
Want to get a little more up close and personal? How about a trip to the Community Baboon Sanctuary in the village of Bermudian Landing, a 30-mile drive northwest of Belize City, to see the Black Howler Monkeys. If you’re lucky, you’ll have them eating cashew fruit out of your hand, like I did!
There is so much to see and do in this country, it could take you a lifetime!
Enjoy!!
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