Belize City

alright mon!!!

hiya just a quick one from Belize City, we are great, got here ok yesterday morning,we ended up flying there in a little plane it was fantastic!!altho we managed to get stopped and searched and both got stuff confiscated lol! (vicky had a penknife on her and claire a pair of scissors so slapped wrists-hey this is the caribbean!!) Belize City is cool,its no way near as scary as the guidebooks make it out; its got a real caribbean atmosphere,its a real ramshackle and colourful place with a history of pirates and slaves,wish we were here longer!! yesterday when we arrived we went to Belize museum in the old prison and learnt all about hurricanes and maya history-very cultured arent we?!the prison itself was scary-it only closed in 93 and by that time they had 8 prisoners to a cell and the cells were 6ft by 8ft if that.today we went to see jaguars at belize zoo and we had a carribean breakfast at the bus station it was gorgeous! the people and food are excellent,we are only staying tonight though and then taking a bus tomorrow morning to mexico,we are going to playa del carmen on the yucatan peninsula-its between cancun and tulum (where there are lots of maya ruins) so we can hopefully see alot while we're there-cant believe how little time we've got left-although we are looking forward to seeing you all!!!anyway only a quick one as we've got to dash,

lots of love,

Claire and Victoria XXX