Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Belize

I think that David said it best, "I always thought of Belize as this like American/British Central American paradise where they all speak English..." Well after having visited Belize I can definitely say that I'm not sure what they speak in Belize. I heard English, Spanish, Chinese (Mandarin I assume....what do I know about the language?) and at least two other languages that I think were Garifuna and Creole English.
The point of going to Belize was to get our visa renewed for Honduras, and luckily that was accomplished. We have to leave the CA-4 (Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Guatemala) every 90 days or we get a fatty fine from the government for overstaying our welcome. The easy way to fix it is to leave the countries for a few days and we're welcomed right back in.:)
The most interesting part of the whole trip was trying to understand the locals speak English and decipher what they were saying to each other when they weren't even trying to speak "real" English. In conclusion, I was really happy to be back in a Spanish speaking country like Guatemala when we arrived there on Monday!

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