Belize City
The woman who picked us up from the airport explained to us over the American Hip-Hop on the radio that there were only two cuisines in Belize: rice and beans and beans and rice. She also had a lot to say about hurricanes. Its not unusual for all 70,000 people in Belize City to run into the hills for alternate shelter two or three times between July and August.
Belize City itself is built in the worldwide developing style many of you have become familiar with. Cement and corrugated roofing, more sticks, less bamboo than Asia. Bamboo is a magical plant, Asia is very fortunate to have so much. Unless you’ve a special affection for developing cities Belize has no real attractions of its own. We arrived on Sunday, which also served as our introduction to Central American Catholicism. Almost every service was taking its mandated day of rest. Luckily for hungry travelers the local Indians and Chinese rest on different occasions.