CARIBBEAN BELIZE, CENTRAL AMERICA,BRITISH HONDURAS, LICENSE PLATE

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BELIZE ,CENTRAL AMERICA ABRIVIATIONS ON THE PLATES ON PLATES REPRESENTS :BC,BZ,C, WHITE COLOR - BELIZE CITYDFS PURPLE - MINISTRY OF DEFENSESUGAR CITY -ORANGE WALK TOWNBZ,ZD, GREEN COLOR -TAXI CAB LICENSETWIN TOWNS- SAN IGNACIO & SANTA ELENA CITIESSP WHITE COLOR -ISLAND OF SAN PEDRO ,SAN PEDRO TOWN.OW - ORANGE WALK TOWN,DISTRICTCZL - COROZAL TOWN,DISTRICTCY - CAYO DISTRICTBPM - CITY OF BELMOPANSC - STANN CREEK DISTRICTThe first thing you want to do is forget everything you've heard about Belize City. It's really not what many of the guidebooks make it seem, and for the open-minded traveler who's looking for a genuinely fascinating city experience, Belize City delivers.With the international airport just about 10 miles outside the city in Ladyville, chances are this will be your first taste of Belize. Likelier still is that it will be an assault on your senses initially, at least until you get used to the frenetic pace and the congestion of cars and people that seem to constantly occupy every inch of the place. But Belize City is a storybook of culture and history that definitely can't be appreciated by its cover.Thought to be built on a foundation of rum bottles, logwood chips and loose coral sitting barely inches above sea level, Belize City gives up ground to the encroaching Caribbean every year. Visited by more than its fair share of natural disasters, one has to admire the persistence with which Belizeans maintain this hub as their commercial and social center, established as such in the early 1700's by the buccaneer Baymen of St. George's Caye.With a population of 70,000, it's now home to over a quarter of all Belizeans who themselves have a love hate relationship with their erstwhile capital city. Since the hurricane in 1961 the government moved further inland to Belmopan hoping the people would follow, but they didn't. Instead they chose to stay, and though they complain about it constantly they somehow crave its bustle and pace, not to mention the opportunity for commerce and socializing presented by such a large concentration of people.Mestizo and Maya are here in relatively small number along with the Garifuna who also make up only a small minority. The dominant cultural lean is toward the mixed descendants of the European buccaneers and their African slaves who fall into the Creole classification, while prominent along the street side shops and restaurants are communities of Chinese, East Indians and recent immigrants from other Central and South American countries.The city is generally divided into north and south by a swing bridge that sits at the mouth of Haulover Creek where the Belize River meets the Caribbean. The old bridge is the only functional manually operated swing bridge left in the world and turns open twice a day to allow high mast boats upriver or out to sea. The evening opening at 5:30 pm is a sight to behold as it causes intense traffic and people jams on either side of the bridge, erupting an assortment of minor crises that are dealt with and accepted as part of the city's daily routine. The north side's Marine Terminal is a relatively large building where you can catch boats bound for the northern cayes. The same building also houses the Marine and Coastal Zone Museums that offer displays and exhibits of the reef and the cayes along with descriptions of the eco systems that support them. Just opposite sits the colonial style Paslow Building that hosts the post office and further along is an indoor market selling a variety of produce, fresh foods and other goods.Additional sights to be taken in here include the Fort George Lighthouse and the Baron Bliss Memorial. The latter is a tomb and memorial to Baron Victor Bliss who visited Belizean waters and was so impressed with the fishing and the hospitality he was afforded, he left a trust fund for the Belizean people that amounted to nearly two million dollars. Since 1926 that fund has helped b... read more

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