Browsing Archive: April, 2009

PART 2 - San Ignacio

Posted by Alissa Reid on Tuesday, April 28, 2009,
The bus comes to a complete stop in Santa Elena, the sister city to San Ignacio.  They are separated by a wooden bridge large enough for one vehicle to cross suspended above the Macaw River.  Between both cities, the population is around 16,000 people.  The city looks worn and dirty compared to the countryside.  We stop in the middle of the road.  People start jumping out the back of the bus and the ticket agent with the gold fillings walks out the front of the bus.  We wait.  The bus driver ...
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Part 1 - The Road to Cayo Belize

Posted by Alissa Reid on Tuesday, April 28, 2009,


We threw our backpacks onto the back of our golf cart and tied them in for the ride to town.  We decide to leave the light on outside and the TV on inside.  We have also come to the realization Steve's office might be a safer place to leave our computers and passports as we live outside San Pedro town, on the more remote North side of the Island. 

Our ferry boat to mainland Belize leaves at 9:30, so we decide to go into town for breakfast.  We have also decided to leave our golf cart locked u...
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Alissa Reid While living on the Island of San Pedro, in Belize, I met Bob Friel, writer and photographer for Caribbean Travel and Leisure Magazine. He joined our group on a boat from Belize Diving Adventures, while we went snorkeling. If you ever wanted to see a close up of me without make-up, here's your chance!

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