Belize City's "Picturesque" Side
The guidebooks tend to give a good piece of advice with respect to Belize City, and that is “don’t hang out there.” Unless you are driving from Mexico, chances are good that you will have to arrive via the Belize City’s Goldson International Airport, but there is no pressing reason to stay there (unless you are doing a study on the effects of abject poverty on littering.) Whether you are going to the Cayes, inland, or to the south, transport out of Belize City is regularly scheduled, and one is well advised to take advantage of it. We stayed overnight for a total of about 18 hours, and it was more than we needed to see the “pretty” side of the City.
We stayed one night in the white and yellow shuttered hotel in the photo above. All-in-all not a bad little place. It was on the Caribbean, and is on the more scenic edge of town. We had a nice breakfast in that oversized dormer-like structure, which offered an even better sea view than did our room.
The next morning we went to San Ignacio, which we found much more agreeable.
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