I first arrived in Belize in 1978, I was still in my late teens and this was my first overseas posting as a British soldier. I enjoyed my eight month tour of duty in the former British colony and had not returned until 2009 and an opportunity arived so that I could spend a few months looking around the small country as well as doing some volunteer work to help boost my ever dwindling savings and enable me to stay literally until the final few pennies were spent, here are some of my stories and tales written during my time in the tropical paradise of the beaches and the hot and sultry jungles of this fascinating country.
Arriving into Belize.
Yesterday we rode the bus
Bought our tickets with little fuss
The five hour ride from heaven
In fact turned into seven
Many miles of condo/hotel resort
We witnessed from our chosen transport
We had hoped for beautiful views
Not this adding to someone's revenues
Finally arriving in Chetumal
Into the middle of this urban sprawl
A few miles on we reached the border
Which soon we had crossed, all was in order
Now we had a choice on how best to proceed
Fly, take another bus or hire a car, get to the first town we agreed
Too late that day for a flight
If that was our choice we would have to stay a night
Buses were not so good after Mexico
If this we chose, we would not be there until tomorrow
The taxi we used offered to take us to our destination
A fair price was quoted; we were on our way to our final location
The driver stated that we would get there in hours five
In fact it took somewhat longer than that to arrive
Time to travel in both Mexico and Belize
Is at a different pace, than that which we are led to believe
Bought our tickets with little fuss
The five hour ride from heaven
In fact turned into seven
Many miles of condo/hotel resort
We witnessed from our chosen transport
We had hoped for beautiful views
Not this adding to someone's revenues
Finally arriving in Chetumal
Into the middle of this urban sprawl
A few miles on we reached the border
Which soon we had crossed, all was in order
Now we had a choice on how best to proceed
Fly, take another bus or hire a car, get to the first town we agreed
Too late that day for a flight
If that was our choice we would have to stay a night
Buses were not so good after Mexico
If this we chose, we would not be there until tomorrow
The taxi we used offered to take us to our destination
A fair price was quoted; we were on our way to our final location
The driver stated that we would get there in hours five
In fact it took somewhat longer than that to arrive
Time to travel in both Mexico and Belize
Is at a different pace, than that which we are led to believe