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Toledo: Nature, Culture, Adventure
Toledo: Nature, Culture, Adventure The above video produced by TIDE Tours gives an excellent summary of what Toledo has to offer! The Toledo district is the southern-most district in Belize. It has only one town – Punta Gorda, known throughout Belize simply as “PG”. PG is on the coast, but scattered throughout the district are…
Small Business Struggles in Belize
NOTICE: I have amended this from the original post, as the issue has been resolved honourably with the Facebook page in question. However I think it is good to leave it up in some form, so that people become more aware of copyright laws and intellectual property rights. I have previously written about some of…
Getting To and Around Toledo
Getting Around Toledo The fastest way to the Toledo district is by air on small 12-seater planes with Belizean airlines Tropic Air or Maya Island Air. You can also arrive on the national James Bus Line, which provides regular and express bus services. Bus services connect PG with Independence, Dangriga, Belmopan and Belize City. Finally, you can arrive…
Garifuna People (Garinagu)
Garifuna People (Garinagu) descend from shipwrecked Africans who mixed with Carib and Arawak Amerindians on the island of Saint Vincent. Around 1635, some slave ships from the west coast of Africa were wrecked near the coast of Saint Vincent in the Caribbean. The slaves who survived mixed with the descendants of Arawak and Carib…
Punta Gorda town
Punta Gorda town Punta Gorda town is a small coastal town with a population of approximately 6000 people. Founded by Garifuna immigrants in the 1800s, it retains a large Garifuna population,. Today the town also has a large Maya population along with East Indians, Creole, Mennonite, Chinese, Mestizo and more. With beautiful views across the…
Garifuna Culture
Garifuna culture unites Garinagu people in Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and also those who now live in other countries including the United States. In 2008 the Garifuna language, music and song were inscribed as part of the Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO (UNESCO – Intangible Heritage of the Garifuna) Origin of the Garifuna Culture…
Warasa Garifuna Drum School
Authentic Garifuna drumming lessons, dancing, drum making and more in bonnie Belize The number one location to experience authentic Garifuna drumming, dancing, drum making and more in beautiful Belize! As featured on CNN, the BBC and on TripAdivisor! Warasa offers authentic and enriching cultural experiences for both local and international visitors. Warasa’s founder has over…
Hard-Work and Hammocks: Belize Work Culture
Some visitors to Belize may leave with the illusion that many of its residents are, shall we say, under-worked. Stores that close for two-hour lunch breaks, people lounging around in hammocks in the middle of the day, people that extend even the Belizean definition of “right now” to seemingly endless stretches of time. Belize work…
Observations from A Belizean Bus
I spend four hours a day, five days a week sitting on a Belizean bus on the commute between my home town of Punta Gorda and the “banana belt” villages where I work. If it wasn’t for my finely honed ability to sleep anywhere, anytime, I’m not sure I could handle it. Those who have…
What’s in a name?
Considering the name of my husband, I feel an entry on the general inventiveness of Belizean names is apt. There is no McDonald’s restaurant in Belize (in fact there are no chains at all), and so Ray has not suffered too much as a result of his name, but there is a reason he introduces…