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1 The Best of Belize Belize proves the cliché that big things come in small packages. This tiny Central American country has the longest continuous barrier reef in the Western Hemisphere; the largest known Classic Mayan city, Caracol; and the highest concentra- tion per square mile of the largest new-world cat, the jaguar. It also has one of the most extensive and easily accessible cave systems for amateur and experienced spelunkers alike, as well as a nearly endless supply of some of the world’s best snorkeling and scuba-diving opportunities. Depending on your personal preferences, you can choose to stay in an intimate and luxurious hotel, an isolated nature lodge in the heart of the Mundo Maya, or a tent on your own desert island. Or you can sample all three. The best part about all these world-class places and experiences is that Belize’s compact size makes it easy to sample a wide range of them in a short period of time. The lists below should help you zero in on a few personal bests of your own. 1 THE BEST PURELY BELIZEAN EXPERIENCES • Betting on a Chicken Drop: A chicken • Staying with a Maya Family: It cer- drop is a sort of poor man’s version of tainly isn’t going to be like a night at the roulette, and much more fun. Numbers Four Seasons, but if you’re looking for a are painted on a grid and bets are real cultural exchange experience, you placed. Then, a chicken is set loose on a should consider actually staying with a wire mesh screen suspended over the traditional Maya family. The Maya Vil- grid. The winner is chosen by the lage Homestay Network (& 722-2470; chicken’s first “drop.” In addition to any [email protected]) can organize this monetary winnings, the “winner” often for you. See “Punta Gorda & the Toledo must clean the grid. You’ll find a chicken District” in chapter 8. drop held every Wednesday night at the • Spending the Night in a Maya Cere- Pier Lounge on Ambergris Caye. See monial City: An intimate and rather “Ambergris Caye” in chapter 7. luxurious nature lodge, Chan Chich • Drinking a Cool Seaweed Shake: Lodge (& 800/343-8009 in the U.S., Made from dried natural seaweed, or 223-4419 in Belize; www.chanchich. blended with both condensed and evap- com) is built right on the site of a minor orated milk, cinnamon, nutmeg, vanilla, Mayan ceremonial city. The hills just and someCOPYRIGHTED ice, this drink is surprisingly outside MATERIAL your private cabin are unexca- refreshing and tasty. You can get these vated residences and pyramids. Ruins drinks at several beach destinations and basic excavations dot the grounds, around Belize, but Placencia seems to and the surrounding rainforests are rich be the home of the seaweed shake. See in bird and animal life. 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Inside the entire length of the country’s coast- the park you’ll also find Victoria Peak, line, the Belize Barrier Reef is the sec- the country’s highest mountain. See ond longest continuous barrier reef in “Dangriga” in chapter 8. the world. Here you will find some of • Crooked Tree Wildlife Sanctuary the best snorkeling opportunities and (Northern Belize): This preserve is a scuba-diving sites in the world.
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