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Belizean Links
A number of links which will show you more about Belize than you want to know!!
New. Forums
& Lists will show you another great source of information which is very
dynamic.
PointPlacencia. My good
friend Niall Gillett has a new website to tell you all about paradise.
(Hint: It's Placentia!!) Check it out!
Zyra is a Brit who was going to come to Belize
permanently until she had a very bad expericne. She references my site on
her excellent page of links
because we have those experiences in common. Thank you Zyra, for the
excellent link!!
A new guide to the neatest inland
town in Belize.
A remarkably complete new website
by a Switzer. A fresh viewpoint of our little jewel!
This new website is presenting a lot of information for
people thinking about moving to Belize. You should check it out. It
is still growing!!
Bruce wrote a WONDERFUL book
about Sharon Matola, the Belize Zoo and the fight to save the Scarlet
Macaw. Read about that here, and see his
website here. (Bruce pulls no
punches... you should read him!!)
New: Western
Belize Happenings. Ray Auxillou's blog about
Western Belize. Very current, verry interesting!
This is Lan Sluder's brand
new site about Belize. Check it out!
New!
A novel about Belize, based on a true story. Look here.
Here's
a brand new website for a brand
new enterprise. If the adventure is as good as the pix, you don't want to
miss it!
CJ
Consulting. On their
site, Chuck & Judy -- construction consultants -- tell you a lot about
building your own house or business project here in
Belize. Visit their website and you may want to have
them help you build. New!
Judy tells you all about shopping, bill paying and other essentials here!
Don't miss it!
DestinationsBelize.
Special! This wonderful website, run by my
friend Mary Toy, is full of great info about Placentia and the rest of
Belize. She has one of the best pages of links I've ever seen right here.
If you're already planning on relocating to Belize, she has some good advice here.
Ray's
Falconview Hostel. New.
Ray Auxillou is an old time Belizean fisherman/sea captain who "fled"
to Florida for a while and then came back and built a 'Low Budget Tourist Backpackers Adventure Hostel'
in Hilllview, a little suburb next to Santa Elena Town in Western Belize.
He hosts a Music Festival every year. Check it
out.
Ray's
Hydroponics. New.
Ray Auxillou is experimenting with hydroponics. Check it out here.
Marie Sharp's US.
New
I know you've been frustrated trying to get Marie Sharp's wonderful hot sauce at
Wal-Mart. It's a sometimes proposition, but you can always get it here!.
Miss
Lena's Blog. New.
Miss Lena is a very funny American gringa who moved to
Belize a couple of years ago. Her observations are both pungent and poignant.
Addresses
(E-mail & Snail-Mail). Addresses of all the
government offices. Well,
they're supposed to be the addresses. The fact that the phone numbers are
still in the old six-digit format when Belize went to the 7-digit (3 plus 4)
international standard three years ago does not inspire confidence in these
numbers.
AmbergrisCaye. San
Pedro is our closest diving/fishing site, available in 20 minutes by plane for
about $55. Check it out here or
GoAbergrisCaye
(which is boycotting my site.... ask them about it!)
Ambergris Caye has a library of documents and other links
referring to Belize. It's an offshoot of the site above, but you can get to it directly by
clicking here. They claim that they get 6,500 hits a day, so they must be doing something right.
(Actually, my stats tell me that I am getting 100,000 hits a month, so I must be
doing something right as well!)
New.
This site has many many Belizean links (including one to me) if that's what
you're looking for!
Belize Development Company
Ron
Forrester has been selling real property in Belize since 1987. He has a
number of developments on the South Side. He also puts out a very nice
newsletter which you can subscribe to on his site.
Belize First.
Lan Sluder lives in North Carolina, travels to Belize once or
twice a year, and gives you his very candid views of the best (and sometimes
worst) of Belize. His magazine, Belize First is a good bet if
you're living in the States and want to keep up with happenings here. His
website is a capsule of the magazine, and is an essential stop on your web-tour
of Belize. His book, Belize First Guide to Mainland Belize,
is the best book on touring the country (He is
currently working on a new edition.) If you're thinking of moving to
Belize, you MUST get his book Adapter Kit: Belize, available here. New.
You can get a copy (free) of his new guide to San Pedro here.
Belize@EscapeArtist.com.
Oriented toward the Gringo who wants to get away for financial
reasons! Lots of "old news"
-- for instance -- BTL is not "government subsidized" -- it
certainly doesn't need to be; basically, it's stealing from everyone who uses
its facilities and paying obscene profits to its owners.
Belize Law. All
of the Laws of Belize are here. The website
says that they are current to 2000, but many have been updated to 2003.
You should search on the word "act" to get a list of all of the laws.
Belize
Police. Thanks to the efforts of G. Michael
Reid, the Belize Police Department now has an excellent website which chronicles
their progress on recent and ongoing cases. Fills a desperate need!!
Thanks, Gmike.
Belize Tourism. The
official Website of the Belize Tourism Board.
Belize Total.
New. A directory to other
Belizean Links. Could be useful. Growing every day.
Belizeans.com. This interesting site is by
Belizeans, for Belizeans world-wide. A lot of it is in
Kriol, but there are lots of good links.
BelizeanJourneys.
New.
Run by Naturalight on behalf of the Belize Tourist Board,
this site has some interesting articles about Belize.
Beyond Touring.
New. "Meaningful
Belizean Travel", it advertises. An opportunity to get some
experience at one of the wonderful Archeological digs in Belize.
BelizeNews.Com Your
one-stop source of news for Belize news and information. Has links to all
the newspapers, radio and TV stations. including some that are "Politically
Incorrect..
Belize Magazine. These people treated me very badly and
I regard them as slime-dogs. You'll have to find their link on your own!.
Interesting approach. Corozal has a detailed section!.
Belizeone A
section oriented search zone like Yahoo, but with categories related to Belize
instead of the US.
Belize Report: A
really good source of tourist and resident information.
A
very old, very
commercial site. New.
For the first time in years, their EXCELLENT section on Corozal links back to
this site!! Hoooray!
Belize
is a bagger's paradise! This page will
show you all the links!
hese guys
spent three years
going from California to Columbia by kayak. They had some exciting
adventures and some great recipes!
Caves Branch.
A 58,000 acre estate featuring all sorts of adventure tours. Located
south of Belmopan, this is not "sun, sea, sand" etc.pace, but an
authentic jungle environment. Run by Ian Anderson, who promises
excitement.
This is a personal website by Wendy Auxillou, the 'first
lady' of Caye Caulker. Wendy owns several rental properties and is very
knowledgeable about everything that happens on CC. There is a blog and a
forum.
AAAAAAA.
The Johnson's love to travel, and Al loves to take
pictures. Take a look at his tour of Caye Cauker, ca. 2005. He's
going back soon so there will be more. (Feb 2007)
Come to Hopkins.
This website describes one of my favorite towns in Belize. Hopkins (south
of Dangriga, which is south of Belize City ) has a real beach and an unspoiled
feeling it's hard to find now a ways. And the road is not bad to
drive. <grin>
Featuring Corozal Community College, the
school I taught at when I first got
down here (be true to your
school, eh?) and a WONDERFUL source of local pix and info. A
contribution to the community by Jan and Judy
Wilson. New: Jan
and Judy have recently added all
of the 12000 pictures they took for yearbook purposes from 1999 to 2006.
There are even a couple of pix of <gasp> Sr. Ric! Thanks, J&J,
for a wonderful gift to the web!!
corozal.bz
This website, run by my friend Judy Wilson, has all the
little businesses in Corozal. Some of them have
"websitos" (little websites) and some have a
picture.
NEW.
Website built by some folks who will have a house for rent in Consejo.
NIce look around the place!
Consejo.bz New.
This is an additional effort by John McMasters, hard to find if you're not
looking! Check it out. John had a page of Northern Belize Classified here.
but I note that he gave up. The Gringos are just SO SATISFIED...
<hee, hee>
The author emeritus of Belize has his own website. I have always thought
most of his little books were overpriced but I will heartily recommend his 2006
Driver's Guide to Belize. It is priceless -- filled with little gems of
information about where you're going. You can buy it at the Airport!!
This
is the best place to find late breaking news from the government. However,
in presenting the new, they have obliterated some old stuff that's pretty
important. Write me if you want details.
Department.
This
wonderful resort is run by my friend Phyllis Lane. Located on the Macal
River (perhaps soon to be obliterated by the notorious Chalillo Dam) it is a
wonderful eco-experience. (Ek Tun is Mayan for "Black Rock")
New.
Has a really interesting entry from the 1911 version of the EB which describes
the derivation of the name "Belize." A lot of other interesting
historical information as well.
Mexican
Insurance - Buy and print Mexican auto insurance policies immediately on your
own printer. Can also insure boats, motorcycles, trailers, RVs and properties
(home, condo, apartment etc).
Belizenet "Complete
Information on Belize"
The Belize Search Engine.
Searches the hundreds of sites on Belize... except for
mine! <Don't get mad, Rick, just get even.> Mostly tells you
how to find real estate, how to look at real estate, and how to buy real estate.
(Doesn't everyone want to buy a piece of Belize??)
is an excellent
destination if you want to spend time in a typical Belizean
fishing village. (Sarteneja -- former home of my sideman, Mr. Brad Moore!)
Laughing Bird Caye
National Park. A beautiful and informative site for
people who want to visit vicariously.
Nope!
This
site has given up trying to keep up with Corozal. Newer.
Look here
if you want to catch up with Margaret and Mark on eBay. Newest.
Margaret has revamped her site completely and added a Blog. Belize is
just a memory.
LoveFM.
Everybody listens to Love, especially when they're interviewing
somebody controversial! They are sorta "the voice of Amandala"
Good talk show in the morning, good Belizean music. You can actually
listen to the radio by clicking here.
The Belize Zoo
Another
beautiful site about the flora and fauna of our little country.
The Belize Audibon
Society, Belize has
over 500 species of birds and is
a "birders" paradise. Read about them here.
Summer In Belize Summer
specials from the Belize Tourist Board
National
Geographic. This entry in the famous
explorer's journal will tell you all about Belize. Good lookin'!
Naturalight Productions Ltd.,
Belize Tony Rath's site has hundreds of breathtaking
pictures of Belize. He originated and supervises BelizeRing, a set of
informative (as opposed to sales-oriented) sites about Belize. I was
invited to join, but I've been too lazy to hook up. Oh well, you found me,
thank goodness!
A very sanitized site about the same area that I cover
here. Wonderful pictures. Pretty much sweetness and light, but we need some of that too,
huh? New: Strangely,
the site has NOTHING about retirement or Gringo retirees! And, of course,
it doesn't point to nasty old me!
Pirates? New.
Belize is famous in history as the hideout for the most notorious pirates of the
Caribbean. To find out all about them, click here.
Newer. If you want a funnier take, click here
Planet Belize.
This website has plenty of Belizean links to check out, and seems to focus more
on the South, particularly on Placentia.
Progresso Heights.
New. Progresso Heights is
about 15 miles away on a pretty bad road. but then most of the dirt roads in
Belize are pretty bad. James Anderson isn't really selling lots but he has
a great personal site here which will show you what's going on there.
RealEstateInBelize. New.
This site has FREE ads showing properties all around
Belize. Very nice.
Seine Bight. New.
Has lots of interesting information about this southern village and its
mostly Garifuna population.
ShrinkinFeet. Here's a
new site about Consejo, the village to the north of
Corozal. It has a really good photo tour of Chetumal. Check it out!
[Constance has a page of 'friendly links' to websites about Corozal. This
site is not included. What do you think?]
Telemanage.
My friend Eric Schaub and his family came down to Corozal in 2002 in a big
converted bus. He is now in Honduras, installing Satellite dishes.
You can an read
about his Belizean adventures here, and his various
consulting services here.
Tours and Trips. I have a
new page of
links to people who can help you arrange your trip. See it here.
Travels with the Johnsons.
The Johnsons live in Virginia, but they travel everywhere, and take wonderful
pictures. Their four trips to Belize will give you an excellent view of
what to expect when you visit.
The Newspapers
are all listed on my page here. Along with the TV
stations, they have all the current news.
Toucan Trail. A site which features 100 Belizean Hotels which you may not find in the normal
gliltzy brochures about Belize. You should check it out, but be
warned. They lie. Corozal has no "long manicured beach."
Their list of Corozal hotels is almost as good as mine!
No! Not that Victoria!
Victoria Ogaldez, a recent grad of the Klessheim Institute of Tourism &
Hotel Management in Austira, has created a website which perfectly describes the
wide diversity of culture in Belize. A good short introduction to Garifuna
culture and the Garinagu (people) who preserve their heritage, even as they
blend into the Belizean Melting Pot!
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