Belize we got to stop so fast that even we had no time to spend the remaining Mexican pesos. We were afraid a little border crossing, with, however as it is formally given by the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs need a visa to enter Belize. Output of awaryjbym supposed to be a plea for a transit visa for 2 days. We met a nice surprise. The information given by the MFA are shown to be nonsense. Belizjanski immigration officer smiled to us only, and without any problems stabbed us an entrance stamp for 30 days.
the border once we managed to catch a foot - the first belizjanskiego pickup truck! Unfortunately, only took us a few miles and left it in a place where we're stuck for good. The taxi driver drove us for free only located near the village. There, after fruitless parogodzinnym standing by the road we got on a bus going to Belize City ($ 3.5 from the bulb). This was the so-called chicken bus - that is, an American yellow school bus sent from the states of retired here. That which hundreds are in Cuba, and in Guatemala (as we shall see later).
Before we got on the bus, yet we called our host, that it arrives today. Martin got a bit scared, because the host had a voice, as he put it, or someone''zacpanego, verbatim or sleepy.'' Rang out in our head at once banal stereotypes: Belize. Negro. Rasta culture. Etc, etc. This little amused, a little upset we took on.
Already on the bus was cool climate. We were sitting near belizjanskich blacks working at the casino near the border. Super nice talking with us. After ... English. A new country and a completely new world. The official language of Belize is English. Official. In fact about 40% speak English (mainly in the north), and the remaining vast majority-Creole. Creole is really more than just a dialect of English, is a completely different language, not possible to understand by outsiders. It's a strange mix of pozjadanych, poucinanych English words, English and belizjanskich neologisms. Language of Belize is divided into two races and two worlds. World hispanoli - generally better-off and blacks - that deal with the rule, lower social positions. Contacts between these groups are rather small. Hiszpanskojezyczni residents of Belize have met rather expressed about''those''with disdain. There are other groups - hiszpanskojezyczni Mayans, and partly the descendants of refugees from the Yucatan and the Indians, who speak their own language.
Finally got to Ladyville - the town of Belize City, where our host lived. It was already dark night and we were afraid we will end up very where. Martin nervously clenched hands on the dip already ;-) It turned out that our host lives in the neighborhood A great, full of large, rich houses with gardens.
quite quickly find his house. After waiting half an hour saw it as a silver toyota pulls up. ''Sorry to have to wait so long, but I went to buy something for dinner, because I do not like to cook.'' Ruben greeted us with a warm smile and just the slowamii. We got to the house bardoz have a nice, hospitable and really good man. Awesome dinner, who greeted us immediately has improved our moods. In his home Housing clean and everything was in place. At our disposal we had 2 rooms. Ruben knows spanish because it's his native language, because from Honduras but wonderfully uses English as well as almost every citizen of Belize and also a German because he spent a year in the Federal Republic. Night we spent a nice conversation. Ruben offered us the next day will show us Balize City and the ruins of Altun-Ha. Quietly buried by the Housing clean linen:))
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