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Tiny Town – Belmopan, Belize
Blog: Trans-Americas Journey - 10 August 2011
With a population of around 20,000, Belmopan is one of the smallest national capital cities in the world. Its name is a mash up of “Belize” and Mopan (the name of the area’s main river) and it’s home to Guanacaste National Park, the nation’s first and smallest national park at just 250,000 square yards. A trail winding through the park’s patch of jungle can be walked in less than 20 minutes.
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Easter Weekend in Belize
Blog: Snarky Tofu - 22 April 2011
Image from www.stanncreek.comIt is Ten PM in Dangriga and the streets are alive with drumming and music. Down the street Garifuna men are drumming not too far from the Drums of our Fathers statue.
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Squatter in Jungle Luxury
Blog: Snarky Tofu - 19 January 2011
For reasons which I am too tired to even try to fathom I find myself a squatter in a luxurious mansion in the middle of the jungle, alone in a fully furnished two story three bedroom house in which nobody lives. Except for an armed guard who speaks no English called Jose and two Mayan Potlicker dogs, there is nobody around for at least a mile down a potholed road.
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Skippin' the Cities
Blog: Joe's Trippin' - 1 July 2010
It would be a struggle to find someone who went to the Czech Republic and didn't visit Prague. Most people are certain to see London when visiting the Britain.
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Everything you ever wanted to know about Belmopan (but were afraid to ask)
Blog: Snarky Tofu - 7 December 2009
Bellmopan became the political capital of Belize after a hurricane nearly destroyed the capital of what was then called British Honduras in nineteen sixtyzzzzzzzzzzz....Wazzat? Sorry. Anyway, yes. Belmopan. The political capital of Belize, Belmopan is home to a number of government buildings, as well as a shopping area and sevzzzzzzzzzz....Huh? What? Don't touch my stu...huh? Wazzat? What was I writing about again? Belmo-where?Oh look. I made a film. Where's the bus station again?
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