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© Lonely Planet Publications 310 INDEX Index See also separate GreenDex p316. Arvigo, Rosita 63, 207, 209 Benque Viejo del Carmen 208-11 ABBREVIATIONS ATMs 287 Benque Viejo del Carmen Fiesta 209 A ACT Australian Capital Ayala, Carlos 146 Benque Viejo House of Culture 208 Territory accommodations 279-80, 281, see Be Pukte Cultural Center 202 NSW New South Wales also individual locations B bicycling 48, 129, 147-8, 278, 294 NT Northern Territory activities 69-82, see also individual Bacalar Chico National Park & Marine Big Drop Falls 229 Qld Queensland activities Reserve 126 Big Rock Falls 212 SA South Australia Actun Tunichil Muknal 191-2 Baldy Beacon 212 Bio-Itzá 278 Tas Tasmania Aguacaliente Wildlife Sanctuary 252 Balick, Dr Michael 209 Bio-Itzá Reserve 278 Vic Victoria air travel Banquitas House of Culture 164 Biotopo Cerro Cahuí 269 WA Western Australia air fares 292, 294 Baron Bliss Day 98, 99 Bird Caye 117 airlines 291 Baron Bliss Tomb 95 birds 61-2, see also bird-watching airports 291 Baron Bliss Trust 98 bird-watching 60, 61-2, 81, 148-9 carbon offset schemes 295 barracudas 61, 76, 74, 132, 227, see Belize District 110, 114, 116, 117 to/from Belize 291-2 also fishing Cayo District 179, 186, 187, 192, within Belize 294 Barranco 254-5 193, 194, 200, 204, 208, 210 Altun Ha 106-7, 107, 14-15 Barton Creek Cave 193 Guatemala 278 Ambergris Caye 123-41, 124, 127 basketball 48 northern cayes 147-8, 158 accommodations 132-6 Baymen 32-4 Orange Walk District 169, 171 activities 126-9 beer 85 Stann Creek District 228, 234, attractions 126 Belize Audubon Society 65, 68, 75, 235, 239 banks 125 158, 289 Toledo District 252, 255, 257 drinking 139 Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System 64 Blackadore Caye 156 emergency services 125 Belize Botanic Gardens 207 Bliss, Baron 98 entertainment 139-40 Belize Central Prison 113 Bliss Centre for the Performing Arts food 136-9 Belize City 91-106, 93, 96-7 103 history 123 accommodations 99-101 Blue Creek 254 internet access 125 activities 95-8 Blue Creek Cave 254 medical services 125 attractions 94-5 Blue Hole cenote 219 shopping 140 banks 92 Blue Hole Natural Monument 157-8, 7 tourist information 125 dangers 94 boat travel travel to/from 140 drinking 102 to/from Belize 293-4 travel within 140-41 emergency services 92 within Belize 294-5 Amigos Wreck 131 entertainment 102-3 boat trips 109, 111, 158, 167, 225, Anderson’s Lagoon 234 food 101-2 239, 274, 277-8 animal bites 303 history 91 Boca del Rio 130 animals 59-62 internet access 92 Bocawina Falls 229 Antelope Falls 229 medical services 92 Bocawina Hill Trail 229 Antelope Trail 229 shopping 103-4 books 23-4, 31, 32, 38, 57, 288 Apocolypto 52 tourist information 94 cooking 83, 84 Aquarium 157 tours 98 diving & snorkeling 74, 75 archaeological sites, see Maya sites travel to/from 104-6 health 300 architecture 41 travel within 106 history & culture 35, 36, 42 ancient Maya 50-1 Belize City Centre 103 Maya culture 50, 51, 209 Spanish Colonial 169, 174 Belize District 89-119, 90 wildlife 60, 61, 65 arts 45-7 Belize International Film Festival 47, 99 Boom Creek 234 Belize Tourist Village 104 border crossings 178, 179, 210, 292-3 000 Map pages Belize Zoo 113-14 Botanical Trail & Butterfly Farm 186 000 Photograph pages Bellerjeau, Bill & Jenny 181 Bowen, Barry 170 Belmopan 188-90, 189 Branch Mouth 198 Index (C-D) 311 British settlement 32-6 shopping 155 Coastal Zone Museum 95 INDEX Brodie’s 103 travel to/from 155 Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary brukdown 46 travel within 155 37, 235-7 Bullet Tree Falls 202-4 Caye Caulker Forest Reserve 144 Columbia Forest Reserve 252 Bullock, Willoughby 98 Caye Caulker Marine Reserve 144 Community Baboon Sanctuary bus travel Caye Caulker Mini Reserve 148 108-9 to/from Belize 293 Caye Chapel 156 consulates 283-4 within Belize 295-6 cayes Copper Bank 179 business hours 280 Ambergris Caye 123-41, 124, 127 Coppola, Francis Ford 242 butterflies 180, 186, 188, 193, 206, Bird Caye 117 Corozal District 172-82 208, 248, 256 Blackadore Caye 156 Corozal Town 172-8, 173 Caye Caulker 141-55, 143 Corozal Town Hall 174 C Caye Chapel 156 costs 21-2 Cahal Pech 196-8 Cayo Espanto 156 courses 278 canoeing 77 Half Moon Caye 158, 13 Cousteau, Jacques 38, 69, 70, 75 Cayo District 193, 195, 207, 208 Laughing Bird Caye 73-4, 228 credit cards 287 Orange Walk District 169, 171 Long Caye 158-9 Creole drumming 46, 116-18 Stann Creek District 229, 234 Man-O’-War Caye 226 Creole language 42 Toledo District 252, 255, 257 Sapodilla Cayes 247 cricket 48, 103, 109 Guatemala 269 Silk Cayes 228 Cristo Rey 194 Caracol 213-15, 214 Snake Cayes 247 Crocodile Isle 228-9, 4 car travel Thatch Caye 228 crocodiles 59, 68, 111, 114, 115, 144, driver’s license 296 Tobacco Caye 226 147, 157, 180, 234, 247 insurance 297 itineraries 28 Crooked Tree 110-11 rental 296-7 Cayetano, Pen 45, 47, 220 Crooked Tree Wildlife Sanctuary road rules 297 Cayo District 183-215, 185 110-12 to/from Belize 293 Cayo Espanto 156 cruise-ship tourism 65 within Belize 296-7 Cedar Cabins Botanical Trail & Cucul, Marcos 80, 219 Cashew Festival 111 Butterfly Farm 186 Cuello 50, 164 Cathedral 157 cell phones 288 Cuello Distillery 164 Catholicism 43-4 central cayes 225-8 Cultura y Artesanía de Petén 274 caves Centro de Educación e Interpretación culture 40-8 Actun Tunichil Muknal 191-2 Ambiental (CEIA) 277-8 currencies 21 Barton Creek Cave 193 Centro de Información Sobre la customs regulations 282 Blue Creek Cave 254 Naturaleza 274 cycling 48, 129, 147-8, 278, 294 Che Chem Ha 210 Cerros 178-9 Cypress Garden 131 Gibnut Cave 254 Chaa Creek 207-8 Rio Frio Cave 213 Chaa Creek Natural History Center & D St Herman’s Cave 219 Butterfly Farm 208 dangers 94, 260-1, 282-3 Tiger Cave 252 Chagas’ disease 301 Dangriga 220-5, 221, 16 Cave’s Branch 219 Chan Chich Lodge 171-2 Deep South 250-8, 251 cave-tubing 79, 186-7, 219 Chau Hix 111 Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) 300 caving 79-80, 192, see also Che Chem Ha 210 deforestation 66-7 cave-tubing Chial Road 207-8 dehydration 304 Caye Caulker 141-55, 143 children, abuse of 286 Delgado, Lola 239 accommodations 149-53 children, travel with 79, 132, 281 dengue fever 301 activities 145-8 food 88 Día de los Reyes 222 attractions 144-5 health 305 diarrhea 303 banks 144 itineraries 29 disabled travelers 289 drinking 154-5 Chiquibul Road 193-4 diving 69-76, 71, 5, 6 emergency services 142 Christenson, Dr Allen J 49 northern cayes 126-8, 130-1, 145, food 153-4 cinema 47 156, 157-8 history 142 climate 20-1, 281-2 Stann Creek District 226, 227, 228, internet access 142 coastal develpment 65-6 230, 238 medical services 142 coastal forests 63 Toledo District 247 312 Index (D-I) dolphins 73, 74, 76, 157, 227, 230, Fort Barlee 174 handicrafts 287-8, 10 239, 247 Fort George Lighthouse 95 health 299-305 dory building 255 Free Trade Zone 178 insurance 299 INDEX dory poling 109 frisbee golf 206 vaccinations 299-300 drinks 85-6 Front Porch 156 heatstroke 304 drugs 283, 285-6 hepatitis A 301-2 drum-making 117-18, 224, 239 G hepatitis B 302 drumming 11 Gales Point Manatee 115-19 hieroglyphics 38, 51, 52, 53-5 Creole 116-17, 117-18 Gales Point Wildlife Sanctuary 116 hiking 80, 81 Garifuna 152, 225, 230, 255 Gann, Thomas 252 Belize District 110-11 Drums of Our Fathers Monument 222 Garifuna drumming 152, 225, 230, 255 Cayo District 207-8, 219 Garifuna people 43, 220, 254-5 Corozal District 180 E Garifuna Settlement Day 85, 222, 16 Guatemala 269, 278 ecolodges 68, 171-2 gay travelers 284-5 northern cayes 147-8, 158 economy 38-9, 40, 41 geography 57-8 Stann Creek District 228, 229, 236 ecotourism 38-9, 65-6 geology 57-8 Toledo District 247, 252, 254, 255 El Mirador 274 Gibnut Cave 254 history 31-9, see also Maya history El Pilar 204 Gibson, Mel 52 & culture El Pilar Archaeological Reserve for Gladden Spit 228 Belize City 90 Maya Flora & Fauna 204 Glover, John 32, 76, 227 Cayo District 184-6 El Remate 269-71 Glover’s Reef Atoll 76, 227-8 Corozal Town 172-3 electricity 280 Glover’s Reef Marine Reserve 227 Flores 272-4 embassies 283-4 Godoy, Terryl 47 northern Belize 161 environmental issues 22-4, 65-8 golf carts 297 Punta Gorda 245 ethnicity 41-2 Government House 103, 11 southern Belize 217 ettiquette 88 Green Hills Butterfly Ranch 193 Tikal 264 Green Iguana Exhibit 198 hitchhiking 258, 297 F Guanacaste National Park 187 HIV/AIDS 19, 45, 209 Feast of San Luis 253 Guatemala 259-78, 261 Hokeb Ha Cave, see Blue Creek Cave ferries 180 Bio-Itzá 278 Hol Chan Cut 126, 131 festivals 34, 86, 284 El Péru 272 Hol Chan Marine Reserve 126 Ambergris Caye 131-2 El Remate 269-71 holidays 34, 285 Belize City 99 El Zotz 272 homestays 109, 230, 232, 255, 278 Benque Viejo del Carmen 209 Flores 272-7, 273 Hopkins 229-33, 231 Caye Caulker 149 language 262-3 horseback riding 81-2, 187, 193, Crooked Tree 111 money 260 254, 278 Dangriga 222 Nakum 271 horse-racing 48 Placencia 240 Parque Natural Ixpanpajul 278 howler monkeys 108, 111, 229, 235, Punta Gorda 247 safety 260-1 254, 269 San Antonio 253 San Andrés 278 Hummingbird Highway 218-20 San Jose 254 Santa Elena 272-7, 273 hurricanes 58, 282 films 47, 52, 70 Sayaxché 272 fish 61, 132, 146 Tikal 263-9, 266-7, 14 I fishing 76-7 Topoxté 271 iguanas 60, 111, 114, 115, 144, 198, Belize District 117 travel to/from 261-2 228, 235, 254 northern cayes 128-9, 147, 156 Uaxactún 271-2 Image Factory 95, 103 Stann Creek District 226, 228, 238 Yaxhá 271 immigration 41-2, 291 Toledo District 247 Guerrero, Gonzalo 33 Independence Plaza 164 Five Sisters Falls 212 Gulisi Garifuna Museum 220 insurance 285 Flores 272-7, 273 car 297 food 83-8, 284 H health 299 Half Moon Caye 158, 13 internet
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