Belizean Bingo - Part 2

Downtown shops - What kinds of shops did you see?  What was for sale?  How was the town organized?
I saw quite a few shops downtown.  They ranged everywhere from markets to clothing shops to specialty shops.  There were a few pawn shops which were really interesting for me because I've never seen those in the United States either.  There were also plenty of cigar shops and alcohol shops, which is different than what you'd usually see in the United States.  On the side of the island where we stayed, it seemed to be mainly tourist based but if you went far enough down on the opposite side, you'd run into a lot of the shops that the locals might go to buy their groceries.

Blue Tang Inn - Compare and contrast the Blue Tang Inn with other places you have stayed.

I honestly LOVED the Blue Tang.  It was such a nice little inn.  The rooms were perfectly set up to where if you wanted to hang out in it, you could, but you didn't feel like you had to.  Three of us slept in the room perfectly fine.  I loved that the rooms opened up to the outdoors, right along the beach.  The rooms were always clean, even though we'd constantly be tracking in sand.  The workers at the Blue Tang were EXCELLENT and if I ever return to Belize (which I sincerely hope to!), I will definitely return to the Blue Tang Inn.

Transportation - How many different kinds of transportation did you observe?  What did you take advantage of?

There were very few cars on the island.  Instead, many people walked and some would drive golf carts.  There were also a lot of bikes.  All I did was walk around (except for the couple taxi rides to and from the airport) because I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to get used to the rules of the road, so I didn't want to try driving a golf cart (even though it'd be a lot of fun!)

Observe and wade in the Caribbean - What did you observe about the ocean?  What industries did you see?  Who was in or on the water?

The water in the Caribbean is SO CLEAR.  You could easily see the bottom (and fish!) and when you looked out into the middle, it was just blue.  It was such a magnificent sight.  If you looked far enough out, you could see some small waves but up towards the beach it was calm and clear and beautiful. =]

Restaurants - Where did you eat (other than at school or in the Blue Tang Inn)?  What did you order?

I was a very big fan of a little place called Playa Chel, just down the beach from the Blue Tang.  They had EXCELLENT nachos, probably the best I've ever had in my life.  I also tried Fidos one night, which was great as well.  We ate at Elvi's Kitchen about 3 times and it was excellent every time.  I tried a lot of new seafood on this trip, which is unusual for me but there was nothing I tried here that I did not love.