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i was giving a useful guide to central american countries (in order, US border downwards).
Belize ?
Central / S America On A Decent Daily Budget
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Belize ?
Voley
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Thanks for the recommendations, everyone. 
I've got a cheap flight / package deal to Cancun. It's a return flight but I'm abandoning the return leg: it was the cheapest way to get there and I get a few nights of air-con luxury in Cancun first. It really doesn't look like my kind of place, tbf, but a few nights of a comfy bed and a mini-bar won't go amiss before I rough it a bit.
Probably head down to Tulum after that and then keep drifting South down the Caribbean coast into Belize.
Pretty fucking excited as you might imagine.
I've got a cheap flight / package deal to Cancun. It's a return flight but I'm abandoning the return leg: it was the cheapest way to get there and I get a few nights of air-con luxury in Cancun first. It really doesn't look like my kind of place, tbf, but a few nights of a comfy bed and a mini-bar won't go amiss before I rough it a bit.
Probably head down to Tulum after that and then keep drifting South down the Caribbean coast into Belize.
Pretty fucking excited as you might imagine.
Excellent - the Cancun bus service is better than you think, but the Border bus to Belize city is run by the Batty bus company ( ! ) - ex USA schoolbuses- pretty rough
Belize is fascinating - you will pass thro' villages that are full of Amish / Deutche farmers- dressed in Amish type working clothes- barking!
If you can, get to Cozumel or better Still Isla Mujeres - sometimes full of Spring Break septices, but good fun nevertheless
I just watched Ross Kemp on Belize gangs - Be careful in Belize City its Looks bad on the filum - though Ive been there loads of times and never had a problem - maybe I just missed the street warfare ?
Somwehere like C. Caulker off BC is pretty cool and weed n shit is available pretty easily, but be careful for the filth.TObaco Caye is good also
Belize is fascinating - you will pass thro' villages that are full of Amish / Deutche farmers- dressed in Amish type working clothes- barking!
If you can, get to Cozumel or better Still Isla Mujeres - sometimes full of Spring Break septices, but good fun nevertheless
I just watched Ross Kemp on Belize gangs - Be careful in Belize City its Looks bad on the filum - though Ive been there loads of times and never had a problem - maybe I just missed the street warfare ?
Somwehere like C. Caulker off BC is pretty cool and weed n shit is available pretty easily, but be careful for the filth.TObaco Caye is good also
Thanks for the recommendations, everyone.
I've got a cheap flight / package deal to Cancun. It's a return flight but I'm abandoning the return leg: it was the cheapest way to get there and I get a few nights of air-con luxury in Cancun first. It really doesn't look like my kind of place, tbf, but a few nights of a comfy bed and a mini-bar won't go amiss before I rough it a bit.
be aware that some airlines will chase you for ££ if you don't get on the return..a one-way should be cheaper but there'll be a financial reason they want you on that return flight..you might want to get a blag sorted rather than just abandoning the return ticket..
Voley
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I've just had a look through the airline's terms and condition and there's nothing about this. They can't force me to go back, surely?
And given that I'm gonna be of no fixed abode for the next 6-9 months, they're gonna have a job getting any money out of me.
Sweet FA
✪ Three rounds Lord, in my .44 ✪
Get across the lake in the slow boat from Panajachel to San Pedro as soon as you can. It's fucking paradise.*
*"You should have been here 3/5/10/15/20 years ago. It was brilliant." < People were saying this to me when I was there 10 years ago. Laugh in their faces then skin up again
*"You should have been here 3/5/10/15/20 years ago. It was brilliant." < People were saying this to me when I was there 10 years ago. Laugh in their faces then skin up again
Voley
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I've heard that about every place I've ever been. My normal reply is 'I'm not as good as I was 10 years ago, either, so I can't really complain."
Yossarian
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Thanks for the recommendations, everyone.
I've got a cheap flight / package deal to Cancun. It's a return flight but I'm abandoning the return leg: it was the cheapest way to get there and I get a few nights of air-con luxury in Cancun first. It really doesn't look like my kind of place, tbf, but a few nights of a comfy bed and a mini-bar won't go amiss before I rough it a bit.
Probably head down to Tulum after that and then keep drifting South down the Caribbean coast into Belize.
Nice one, me and etnea went there the same way last year, flying into Cancun then heading into Belize via Chetumal - never heard anything from the airline after not having used the return leg.
If you can find a copy of Jeremy Paxman's 'Through the Volcanoes' before you go, that's definitely worth a read - tells about his mid-80s travels through the region.
Reading this thread makes me feel like paying a return visit to that part of the world sometime soon...
Voley
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Yeah, that's the route I've vaguely got in mind - down the Yucatan peninsula. Tulum first (Cozumel possibly but I think I'll be wanting to flee the touristy bits), that biosphere reserve place whose name escapes me right now, Chetumal, Belize City then out on to Caye Caulker.
CC really looks like the sort of place where I'll want to stay for a month or so. When I get bored of that I'll head to Guatemala. Want to see Tikal, stay in Flores and really want to spend a lot of time by Lago de Atitlan. San Pedro La Laguna that Sweet FA mentions looks like another good place to stop for a lengthy stretch. Beautiful scenery and dead cheap by all accounts.
Should be ace.
CC really looks like the sort of place where I'll want to stay for a month or so. When I get bored of that I'll head to Guatemala. Want to see Tikal, stay in Flores and really want to spend a lot of time by Lago de Atitlan. San Pedro La Laguna that Sweet FA mentions looks like another good place to stop for a lengthy stretch. Beautiful scenery and dead cheap by all accounts.
Should be ace.
Get across the lake in the slow boat from Panajachel to San Pedro as soon as you can. It's fucking paradise.*
*"You should have been here 3/5/10/15/20 years ago. It was brilliant." < People were saying this to me when I was there 10 years ago. Laugh in their faces then skin up again
I was there in 92, do I win? All the villages around the lake are interesting in their own way--Santiago is my favorite. And don't neglect Panajachel itself, its a good party town. Seething with jealousy here.
Sweet FA
✪ Three rounds Lord, in my .44 ✪
Jealous as fuck mate!
You'll have a blast, it's very difficult not to have some sort of 'adventure' pretty much everyday down there. Don't miss Tikal whatever else you do
Have you got; Passport, Documents, Cash? (The PDC Checklist; even of you forget everything else, you're good to go with PDC)
Oh yeah, remember it was all way better 12 years ago
You'll have a blast, it's very difficult not to have some sort of 'adventure' pretty much everyday down there. Don't miss Tikal whatever else you do
Have you got; Passport, Documents, Cash? (The PDC Checklist; even of you forget everything else, you're good to go with PDC
)Oh yeah, remember it was all way better 12 years ago
