10 Things You Shocks About Belize
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Welcome to Countries Facts today we have for you our 10 things that shocked tourists when they come here to Belize and I will tell you the first thing it shocks a lot of tourists when they come here is they speak English look I'm not saying a lot of people speak English or in the tourism industry people speak English no the official language of Belize is English all the signs you see all over the country are in English you don't have miles-per-hour they have that here it's crazy like oh my gosh it's it's Latin America where they speak English it's one of those really interesting kind of things is actually this we use to be called British Honduras.
1 British Honduras and and believes only got its independence in 1981 from Great Britain so you have a lot of British influences here including the language so it makes it a lot easier for people to actually come and visit if you're not sure about your Spanish or your Mayan or whatever you could be just fine now if you speak Spanish it's okay most people speak English and Spanish and you'll see you'll I should say you'll hear some Creole when you're here kind of like a Spanglish kind of thing you will hear that occasionally but English you'll be totally fine so for a lot of people it's kind of shocking out easy it is to really get around and do everything here because you understand.
2 The language just fine now the second thing that kind of shocks people though is they think Oh British influence in the English and stuff like that so it's gonna be quite British uns gonna be quite refined and it's going to be on time and stuff like that oh no no the second thing is gonna shock you and you come to beliefs is you got to be on island time even you're not on the keys on the islands you're gonna be on island time because everything takes a little bit longer when you are here and that's okay I mean you're here to relax being Belize is perfect for relaxing okay the people are chillax the food takes a while to eat and enjoy and stuff like that the beers ice-cold you'll enjoy relaxing but you got to realize when you're ordering your food when you're getting sat down in a restaurant when you're waiting for your food when you're getting your bill stuff like that when you're waiting for service its island time so just go as they say here in Key coker go slow because you have to otherwise you'll go crazy and I know for a lot of tours that could be tough the first few days but believe me after a few days you're totally used to it like oh you eventually flag down the waitress order a couple beers hop in the water for a while come back out and then they arrive okay so so that another thing to know about alright now when you are ordering those conch fritters are you're getting a fry Jack or you're getting yourself the Pelican beer stuff like that are anything made with rum another thing that shocks tourists is you pay in US dollars here or you can pay in u.s. dollars here look police has its own currency the Belizean dollar okay but the thing is it's pegged to the u.s. dollar two to one and you'll see prices in belizean.
3 Belizean money so it'll be like 20 but you can just play with a ten dollar bill no problem you can interchange them no big deal which is really awesome and let me tell you as a tourist I know it allow the online things that a lot of the books they said oh there's ATMs all over the place no there's not it's sometimes it's hard to find ATMs and stuff like that especially gonna be going out and about and seeing some of the Mayan ruins or going snorkeling come on there's nothing out there but you do have those things so bring some US cash when you come here if you're come from Europe or other places that don't use US dollars I mean you're gonna need to get some US dollars because I have not seen very many exchange places at all when you're here so know that but hey paying in u.s. dollars so much easier you don't don't worry about it but believes believes wanting police dollars you'll be fine too no big deal that's what comes out of the ATM but hey I just took out some money before I came here in the US and just spent US dollars when I was here you will get your change back in belizean money sometimes and sometimes in US dollars if they have it so you do have that okay now another thing I should talk about with the money is you're gonna be shocked when you come here that police though it's in Central America.
4 Central America for those who don't know Belize is its sandwich for kind of between Guatemala and Mexico and the Caribbean Sea I mean it's it's gorgeous here and it's beautiful the people are awesome but you have this this Latin American vibe when you're here but the thing is that shocks people is you don't have Latin American pricing when you come to Belize I'm not gonna lie to you Belize it's more expensive than pretty much anywhere else I've been in Central America okay now the reason some of that is is if you're gonna go to the keys like here in Key Colker and go to San Pedro and stuff like that is its ions okay so you're gonna have the up charge we have to bring everything here but what I have noticed this you know eating and the tours and the accommodation is more expensive than when we were in Nicaragua or Guatemala or Costa Rica stuff like that well maybe like close to Costa Rica prices kind of like they versus Nicaragua Guatemala okay so and that especially goes for when you do tours when you're here whether you're gonna be going to the Mayan rooms near the Guatemalan.
5 Guatemalan border or you're here on Kiko can you're gonna be taking snorkeling apps or scuba diving out to the Blue Hole it just feels that the tours cost more than they should I mean the tours are awesome here and I'll talk about those later but it just feels like they're little higher price and they should be now that you're upset about the tours it's just one of those things it just is a bit more expensive than the rest of Latin America or I'd say Central America specifically now the next thing that shocks people they come here is I'll be honest with you when you go snorkeling and scuba diving and go to the beach here oh my god the water crystal clear gorgeous we're taking the water taxi in from Belize City over to here you're like oh my God look at that water my sounds like look is that a school of fish like yes that is a school of fish it's so cool we're out here I mean seriously straight behind us we're in the water and there's schools of fishes swimming around so even if you got your kids you want to go on one of the tours to go snorkeling you could just hop in the water here and enjoy it it's just gorgeous but if you're a scuba person or a snorkeling person.
6 Snorkeling person pay for those tours go to the Blue Hole to see that if you want to see those things you're gonna see more more wildlife you might want to go to different places than in the Blue Hole but who knows one of those really cool places to see but if you really see a lot of like sea life and wildlife and stuff like that not probably the best one to go to but there's all kinds of stuff to see you want to see manatees you want to see the fish or to see sharks rays there's so many cool things to see but when you're on the beaches here the beaches are gorgeous okay and when you watch the sunrise on the beach oh my god it's so gorgeous or since they're keys out here these islands well belize's are the main lands behind me you can watch the sunset here as well and it's just gorgeous so believe me you want to hit the beaches when you're here alright it just it's just awesome and do all the cool stuff that goes along with it now the next thing it's gonna shock you when you come here to Belizeis when you go and see the Mayan ruins look Belize.
7 Belize has got like between 350 thousand four hundred thousand people here give or take with the tours and stuff like that but the thing is back in the day there was a million Mayans that lived here in Belize and you have some really cool ruins too scattered throughout the country and it's really something you should check out when you are here cutter coal it is probably the big is the biggest one here in the country you can go see that easily there's a few more of them others when you go to and we're at the ferry and they like hand crank the ferry across for you to go up there to see the lookout point I mean it's just really kind of cool and I'll be honest if you're gonna be staying in San Ignacio okay that's kind of like the base for like the adventure tour or something and tube canyon or cave tubing and stuff like that I'll talk about that later in the shocks when you go there you can actually go over to Guatemala for the day to go to Tikal it's a UNESCO World Heritage.
8 World Heritage Site it is a huge huge Mayan complex with huge towers and huge temples and all kinds of stuff I mean they figured out this probably like 10,000 structures there and they have you know a few hundred uncovered now I mean it's just really amazing and you can see how the jungle vegetation has climbed over the stuff but you can see that a lot of the ones here - but Tikal can be an easy like a lot of model for a bit very easy to get over there but I shouldn't talk about that because it's about shots of Belize so definitely check out the Mayan ruins here they are very cool now my next shot for you has to do with getting around maybe getting to those Mayan ruins inland which is gorgeous up there by the way or maybe it's coming here to the keys it's transportation in Belize look you're gonna fly into Belize City which is not the capital by the way but you're gonna fly in a Belize City and you could just hire a driver to take you to Sonic now see if you want to go do those things if you want to come here - you can grab a water taxi I can grab the water taxi have a taxi take you the water taxi they'll bring you here out to the keys or you can do a little flight over there there's all kinds of different ways to get around but I will say is when you're driving around since there's so few people it's pretty sparse when you're on the highway or the highway.
9 The roads around here and they will be pretty bumpy like I'm like talking boom boom boom so be ready would you do we take your transportation around here because it can be a bit like shaky and bumpy and all kinds of stuff but when you do drive around no matter where you go in the country you have gorgeous views whether you're heading into inlands or you're heading on the on the water taxi here - Kiko Kerr I mean one of things that got me is what I got to get a key Coker they use golf courses transportation there's no cars here you're like oh wow that's kind of cool so you have those things - transportation around here can be pretty pretty interesting I will say if you transport on your feet when you are here doing the hikes definitely be prepared for a lot of hiking and stuff like that but but it is kind of a cool thing and my next shot for you has to do when you are walking around on your little footsies and that is you can drink while you're walking around yeah you're coming to the keys and stuff like that you'll see if I'm walking with a drink all the time nobody given it any troubles or anything like that yeah cousin believes technically you can walk around with a beer you can walk around with a rum drink cuz that's what you're gonna go for here the rum and the thing is the only thing you need to know is don't have it in glass jars or glass bottles okay have an aluminum cam you know of beer or a drink or just put it in a plastic cup and you'll be totally fine that's the way you do it so you can just total realize because this place is forever go slow relax it's valise you're gonna have a nice time just chillax but it's really nice to chillax go hang I can walk around with my drink I don't have to leave it at the bar behind him you you can have a good time with that now when you're walking around with your drink you may say hey Mark you know Iona be safe walking around this drink I mean one of the biggest searches when I put Belize the thing that comes up on Google is is belief safe and safety in Belize things like that that is one thing that it shocked me is how safe I felt here in Belize and I'll be honest with you Belize is it's pretty chillax here that people are pretty chillax I say hey you wanna come like the punters didn't people try to get you into the or try to get you into the the restaurant stuff like that nah man oh yeah next time man don't worry it's kind of like really laid-back that way and I have felt pretty safe here with my kids which is really nice which is different than if you look online and look at the the crime numbers here I mean the crime levels here in Belize are really bad but they'll tell you all this mostly Belize City or the southern part of Belize City.
10 Belize City and it's true the thing is a tourist you're not going to stay in Belize City you're gonna come straight out here to the keys and go enjoy out here or you're gonna head inland like San Ignacio or some other places enjoy those because there's a lot of places to go that aren't in the crime part of the country now having said I feel totally I feel really safe here I will say there's some certain thanks you know that the danger of the Sun and the bugs that's a big thing when you're driving around always have your seatbelt on if you are gonna be treating with your buddies do not go out late night by yourself you know always be going in a group stuff like that you know basic travel safety stuff I would have that so I would say though the statistics make believes look unsafe it's not as unsafe as you think because it's not you're not going to be going to those parts where those things happen okay so but do pay attention now for the tenth thing I want to talk about the nature and also some of the cool like adventure stuff you can do but we're gonna go to San Ignacio to finish this one off so bye from Kiko ker so here we are in San Ignacio to finish off our 10 shots and the 10 thing that's gonna shock you when you come here to Belize is the nature adventure tourism you can do look we're here based in San Ignacio good place to be base to do some of the cool stuff life like have you ever thought of going to be yeah there's tubing what have you ever done cave tubing oh yeah you can do that here also great base to go and see those Mayan ruins I talked about you can see them here right near the right near the Guatemalan border I mean from Tikal you can get easily from here but that's in Guatemala but the thing is horseback riding kayaking canoeing stuff like that this is like oh my god there is so much outdoor adventure stuff to do so you have kind of a nice mix you can do the beaches on the keys like I showed you or you can be here in San Ignacio and have like a laid-back time and do adventure stuff during the day and then relax at night some of the bars of restaurants here in town so I hope that helps you be a bit better prepared for coming to Belize if you want to learn more maybe the don'ts of coming to Belize or maybe you want to just know some of the basic what to know before you come to Belize check us on our wesbite and we really appreciate your like subscriptions and if you do click Subscribe don't forget hit that notification bell so then every dau when we put out new Article.
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