I love border crossings. I’m always fascinated that culture can change so abruptly within a few feet and it always reminds me that in the 21st century we’re all still huddling in armed camps. These transition zones also are often an opportunity to see a country at its worst. Borders grow their own special ecology [...]

One early morning after a two hour boat ride to the middle of nowhere we came to The Blue Hole. The Blue Hole is an ancient underground sea cave who’s roof has collapsed leaving a great dimple in the continental shelf. Our open water PADI certification is for 60ft but the blue hole dive is [...]

As fun as rum, hammocks, reggae and sailing were, we really came to Belize for the second biggest barrier reef in the world and its critters. After re-acquainting ourselves with the finer points of staying alive without atmosphere via YouTube, we got under the sea. Visibility was eighty feet at least. You can swim at [...]

We forgot that when we travel, people (even Americans) mistake us for Europeans. This time I’m still Italian, but perhaps with different clothing and a non-shaved head Mandy is French, rather than German. I’m still not sure why. In previous trips I’d assumed it was our conspicuous lack of obesity. Maybe we dress two decades [...]

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 [...]