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Belize - this is a country that anybody will find it hard not to fall in love with. <br /><br />Sorry its been a while, since I last wrote 10 days ago,we about to cross the border from Chetumal, Mexico into Belize. We actually decided to stay one more night after I wrote the previous blog as we didnt really fancy a night bus ride, so after a final selection of tacos for dinner, we were on the road the following morning for a whole new set of adventures in Belize....

Stormy Islands, Rastafarians and a day trip to Guatemala - You Better Belize It!!

Lucian Reed-Drake
2006-03-27 14:03:05

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Belize - this is a country that anybody will find it hard not to fall in love with.

Sorry its been a while, since I last wrote 10 days ago,we about to cross the border from Chetumal, Mexico into Belize. We actually decided to stay one more night after I wrote the previous blog as we didnt really fancy a night bus ride, so after a final selection of tacos for dinner, we were on the road the following morning for a whole new set of adventures in Belize....

Our introduction in Belize was quite absurd. After a 30 minute bus ride to the border customs, we got out and amongst a host of impatient looking Mexicans, queued for our passport stamp. We watched as the others strolled through with all the ease in the world, as we approached the counter, i could tell the Customs guard was thinking of six words...."two white gringos, lets scam them".

"Hola senores"
"Hola amigo"
"100 pesos cada persona" (that is about 10 US dollars as he pointed at both of us)
"Why?" I replied in quickfire Spanish.
"NO" Dad added resolutely, we knew we didnt have to pay anything to leave Mexico.
Then the customs officer said something like..."mdsfk ansdkofk oaidjf lka adogf asdlka dfgskjy" in very quick-i-can-get-away-with-it Spanish. About to persist in my protest in my handy A level return, remarkably he suddenly knew he was defeated. "OK" he says. STAMP STAMP. we were out of Mexico, and we werent conned out of paying the guard!

The whole process was just unreal. Unluckily, some other tourists we have met since were forced to pay up to 20 US dollars or risk being ditched by the other bribing partner, the bus driver. Just a bit of advice for Central America, border "taxes" in Mexico are just like drugs - just say NO!!

Anyway, from the frantic Spanish salsa music blaring in the journey from Mexico, our new Belizean bus driver tuned into a reggae beat, with easy-going Bob Marley classics pumping out of the stereo ...