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Photographs - Belize
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Belize
December 2007
Kristen and I travelled to Belize for a short 10-day trip in early December of 2007. Belize is a small country that was formerly known as British Honduras and thus the official language is English. It’s location south of Mexico and on the west side of the Caribbean Sea contributes to its diverse ethnic character and charming cultural variety.
Belize is a small country, only 288 km long and 100 km wide at its widest point. A low population of 300,000 means that this country is not crowded at all and there is still lots of space for large natural areas to exist. Belizeans take environmental conservation seriously so I expect that we will see unspoiled wilderness well into the future.
Lonely Planet Information for Belize
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The Belizean coastline is protected by a barrier reef and contains many islands surrounded by a calm sea. These islands are often not inhabited, except for the odd small fishing camp with a house and an outhouse.
Mangroves cover almost all of the sandy islands that we saw and their root systems provide protection for fish against larger predators. Snorkelling around the edges of the islands provides glimpses of large schools of smaller fishes and there is something interesting about swimming through tree roots.
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