LATIN AMERICA BELIZE DESTINATIONS


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atin American, Caribbean, Mayan, contemporary,


colonial…Belize is Central America’s second-smallest nation size-wise, and smallest population-wise with fewer than 400,000 people, but it’s crammed with ancient Mayan sites, jungle adventures, off- shore islands and the world’s second-longest reef. It’s all of Central America’s bounty in one. Previously British Honduras, it became a British colony in 1862,


Belize is crammed with ancient sites, jungle adventures and the world’s second-longest reef


and was the last Central American nation to gain independence, in 1981. Its varied history is reflected in its people – Mestizo (Spanish Indian), Creole (African European), Mayan, Garifuna (black Caribbean), East Indian, Chinese and European – and in a cuisine, culture and language that includes English, Spanish and the lilting Caribbean-English of kriol. Belize prides itself on a local,


green-minded approach, so you’ll find few global chains here.


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