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Robert’s Grove: Seaside in Belize

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The dock at Robert's Grove Beach Resort, Placencia, Belize

With the end of the Mayan calendar on its way at the end of 2012, seems like I can’t crack open a blog post without reading of the splendors of Belize, the birthplace of Mayan civilization.

I have to agree with the sentiment that Belize is a lush, beautiful country full of friendly people and delicious food. I merely ask, why wait ’til the global apocalypse to go there?

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Ambergris Caye: The Two Sides of San Pedro

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San Pedro, Belize at 6am

One of the places in Belize I’d return to in less than a heartbeat?  San Pedro, the largest town on Ambergris Caye (pronounced key), an island off the north coast in the wide, blue-green Caribbean Sea.

The word may be out on this (formerly) quiet fishing village, but you’re never more than a short stroll away from a bit of peace, a little elegance and a drop-dead gorgeous meal. If I close my eyes, I can just about feel the soft white sand between my toes…

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Ka’ana: A Belizean Sense of Place

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Ka'ana's La Ceiba Restaurant

All our favorite trips have the same thing in common:  We return home with the sense that something foreign has now become familiar.  Staying at Ka’ana Boutique Resort, with its focus on sustainability and cultural authenticity, helped me feel this way about the entire country of Belize.

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Xunantunich: Unearthing Belize

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4111038068 6ce52de3dc 249x300 Xunantunich: Unearthing BelizeNear the western border of Belize’s Cayo district, the Mayan site of Xunantunich (zshoo-NAHN-too-neech) has been dug/coaxed/dynamited out of the Earth bit by bit over the past 115 years.  Much of it still lies buried, though; it awaits either a sign from a long-gone god, or a financial windfall.

Hopefully, Belize’s bright tourism future will help further illuminate its Mayan past.

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Through the Trees in Belize

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Zip-line course at the Jaguar Paw Resort

Turns out, I can’t get enough of rhyming things with “Belize.”  Thanks, “trees.”

On my recent travel bloggers’ trip to Belize, our group was treated to the thrilling Jaguar Paw Canopy Tour, a zip-line trek high above a lush green jungle reserve.  The Jaguar Paw compound is a few well-marked miles off the Western Highway, near Belmopan in the Cayo district.

This was my very first zip-line adventure, but it definitely won’t be my last.

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