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Getting there is mostly by airplane. The international airport is just outside of Belize City. You may also enter by highway from Mexico, Guatemala, or Honduras. But, rental cars cannot cross the border. So, you will have to take the bus.
Getting around is mostly by a tiny airplane or bus. The planes are fast, but will run two to ten times the cost of ground transportation. The islands and atolls may be accessed by water taxi, which is reasonable. On the mainland the bus system is pretty good and inexpensive. It may take a few hours though.
Written Aug 26, 2002
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Most travelers will arrive in Belize City by air, but if you are like me, you can arrive to Belize by bus from either Guatemala or Mexico. Another option is by boat in which case you could be arriving from any Carribean destination, including the Bay Islands in Utila!
Chicken buses will take you everywhere. For the islands though, you will have to take a boat. You can get a boat ride to Caye Caulker from Belize City. The cost is around $5 USD for a speedboat that takes 1 hour.
Written Aug 26, 2002
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On Caye Caulker you use your feet to get around because there aren't any paved roads. Locals use golf carts and their feet. We had to travel across the country to San Ignacio and needed to find the cheepest way (you can fly across, but it didn't fit our budget). We ended up taking the local bus.....that was an adventure in itself. For two and a half hours we rode with four people in a school bus type of seat. We did meet a lot of frinedly people because many were leaving the cayes because of a possible hurricane. once in San Ignacio the place we stayed at took care of our transportation.
Written Aug 25, 2002
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To the left--a resturant that we passed on the way to San Ignacio the first day we were there. I remember it was in the middle of nowhere, but I desperately needed that soda, I was so thirsty!!
To get to Belize, there are daily flights to Belize City from Miami, Florida. Not a terribly long flight, either. The airport is fairly small, and there isn't much there to do. Nice change from our bustling airports, honestly!!
We took private transport mostly (trucks are an essential)!! To get to and from Belize City so that we could go to the Cayes, we went by bus. That was interesting. There were chickens and everything else on the bus with us. You know what, though, it was cheap and we got to be with all sorts of Belizeans, and they are some of the sweetest people.
Written Aug 25, 2002
Written Jan 28, 2009
The buses from belize city are fine better than most "chicken buses" i have travelled on. the journey from city to San Ig is easy.
Written Oct 6, 2004
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belize is small and flat and has a good bus system.
no problem getting around the country quickly and cheaply.
Written Dec 22, 2003
My friend and I took the bus to Belmopan from Belize City. I seem to recall it was pretty cheap. The people on the bus were generally very friendly, as I found to be true throughout Belize.
Updated Jan 9, 2003
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