Orange Walk
The center of the Belize sugar industry, where in fact, cane sugar, now popular, is exported to the USA. With that, it is also the center of the Belize rum industry. |
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And after that, it started to pour, but I promise, it does get better |
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Where the fun never stops, except when it rains |
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Who knew? |
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A typical Central American small town. Highlights from the town's central square |
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Next time I'm in Belize, I know where I want to go |
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| Mennonites are distincly different from the locals, but there seems to be no friction at all. Also, a number of the them are now moderates, own agricultural equipment and are quite wealthy and comfortable in the high tech world. According to one I chatted with, a young moderate, drinking was ok, but not getting drunk. |
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The others, the majority of them, are strict in their adherence to the rules of their belief system, They are fiercely pacifist and shun almost all technology. They are of German/Dutch origin and moved into Belize, then part of British Honduras, in masse, from Mexico, in the late 1950s |
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Today, the German Mennonites produce 85% of the poultry and dairy products in Belize. They do ride on buses |
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If you can't find pants that fit, get a skirt that wraps around and adapts to the next size up. It's ok, really |
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You got the picture, enough said, but remember, there is Lamanai and the riverside |
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My departure from the Temporary Bus Terminal |
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The bus ride to Belize City was pleasantly disrupted by a local bicycle race |
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A lady on the bus was entertaining two sisters belonging to a couple she did not know, with movies on an iPad |
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