Flores to Belize, 14th Dec. '24.

Are there two 6 o'clocks in the day?
Up n early for the 7am bus from Flores to Belize. It began normally enough, then we had to change buses - to a smaller, more economical on diesel.
Hang on though... is that a bullet hole in the windscreen?
Oh well, onward.
It's a 3-4 hour journey through un-interesting landscape (so no photos). The border crossing was the 'interesting' part: Queuing, passport stamping, more queuing before walking across no man's land to the civilisation and C.21st of Belize. Actually, things did noticeably pick up: the rain stopped and the roads improved.
The outskirts of Belize city are fairly undeveloped but still relatively comfortable-looking. When we finally arrived at the bus terminus, very close to the water taxi/boat ferries port, the next task was to find my new digs. Excellent pre-planning (?) meant it was only a short-ish walk to find it.
It's really good. The woman who runs it, Kira, is lovely. The rooms are clean and tidy, the facilities are good.
Kira has invited all the guests who are interested to go with her to Belize's Annual Love FM Christmas Parade, starting in Albert Street in the city centre.
In a while I have to plan what to do during the later days.
I think things are going to be okay :)Read more