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| Originally Posted by Chrystianne
Quick question - I want to stay in Belize City near the harbour if it has one, for a few days, to please my non-diving husband. Is the City really that awful ?
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Yes, it is that bad. It has a very small harbour - all that's there are very tacky and overpriced gift shops and bars for the tourists (mainly very loud, fat, annoying Americans) that arrive from the cruise ships for the day. There is no beach.
We're masters of exploring cities and finding things interesting that no-one else would. For example, we spent several days in a city called Curitiba in Brazil that boasted nothing more for tourists than a small park but we still wandered around looking round the city for 2 days, happy as larry. We've even spent several days wandering around Lima (capital of Peru) and La Paz (Capital of Bolivia) - both bloody dangerous cities (See the advice on the FCO website) and they were still better than Belize City.
The problem with the city is that its been hit so many times by hurricanes that anything interesting has been blown down long ago. If you want to please the non diving husband, plan to take a trip to one of the Mayan sites in Belize, or better yet spend a few days with the ruins in Tikal in Guatemala. You can get direct buses from Belize city to Flores in Guatamala, the nearest city to the Tikal ruins.
If you want more details on Tikal, give me a shout as we have a Central America guidebook that I can send you some details from.