Belize

DorisIs@ (Cruise Crazy) wrote:

>Any interesting excursions in Belize besides
>snorkeling?

When we were in Belize, most of the passengers seemed to be going on the
cave tubing excursions We did Mayan ruins.

Hi Doris......3 of us did the ship's tour to the ruins. There wasn't a
lot to see at the site but what was there was interesting and
beautiful. I found the bus ride to and from interesting and got a
pretty good idea, from what I saw and from the guide, of Belize. We
went in the morning and returned to the ship by lunch. Worth the price
of the tour.
Wear a hat and bring bug repellant.


~~DORY~~
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dorysamuels@ (Dory Samuels) wrote:

>Hi Doris......3 of us did the ship's tour to the
>ruins. There wasn't a lot to see at the site but
>what was there was interesting and beautiful. I
>found the bus ride to and from interesting and
>got a pretty good idea, from what I saw and f
>rom the guide, of Belize. We went in the
>morning and returned to the ship by lunch.
>Worth the price of the tour.
>Wear a hat and bring bug repellant.

We found the Mayan ruins in Belize quite interesting. We actually did a
combination tour, a boat ride watching for wildlife plus the Mayan
ruins. Between the two and a bus ride to and from the boat ride, it was
a long excursion. Our only complaint was that we would have liked more
time at the ruins.

We did the Air boats. It was sort of ok.


Cruise Crazy wrote:
> Any interesting excursions in Belize besides snorkeling?
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Doris....I forgot, Stan went cave tubing on one of our visits to Belize.
It was booked through an internet outfit called, cavetubing.com and from
all coments much, much better than the ships tour (7 cheaper).


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"Cruise Crazy" wrote

Any interesting excursions in Belize besides snorkeling?



Hi Doris,

Belize is still my favorite port. I've done several things there.

My favorite was a snorkel trip to Shark/Ray Alley. This included a trip to
Caye Caulker. One couple on the excursion (we booked through an independent
company not the cruise line) opted not to snorkel, but instead spend the day
on the Caye. They had a great day, too.

A very close second was a trip to one of the Mayan Sites.

Several people have mentioned the sites, but not a specific site that I've
read.

We went to Xunantunich. It's on the Guatemala border. It's quite a bus ride,
but not so long that you miss anything at the site. Of the many Mayan sites
(The Maya HATE the term "ruins") that I've visited, Xunantunich was a tie
for me with Uxmal in Mexico. Probably because Xunantunich was the first
pyramid I climbed. And the view from the to was amazing! If walking is a
problem for anyone in your party, you'd miss nothing not climbing. But it
isn't like a traditional pyramid, it has more of a switch-back walkway than
stairs.

If you do any of the Mayan sites, I'd suggest taking the cruise line
excursion.

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Thanks to all who gave me some new insights on Belize. I had thought
mainly about snorkeling, But am rethinking the ruins and boat ride.
Sounds more interesting. I will snorkel in Roatan.

~~DORIS~~
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RCCL Grandeur 12-8-2008

Cruise Crazy wrote:
> Thanks to all who gave me some new insights on Belize. I had thought
> mainly about snorkeling, But am rethinking the ruins and boat ride.
> Sounds more interesting. I will snorkel in Roatan.

Doris,

There is a group of us going on the Legend end of Oct, when you get home
please tell us all about it.

We are seriously considering doing the ruins in Belize, so if you do
that excursion, details, details pleasee.

Have a wonderful cruise!!

sue