Belize
Earth > Americas > Central America > Belize
 Belize | |
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| Information | |
| Language: | English, Spanish, Kriol |
| Capital: | Belmopan |
| Population: | 314,275 |
| Currency: | Dollar (BZD) |
| Hitchability: | <rating country='bz' /> |
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| <map lat='17.25' lng='-88.75' zoom='7' view='0' country='Belize' height='300'/> | |
Belize is a small country in Central America. It borders to Mexico in the north and Guatemala in the west.
Hitchhiking in Belize is very logical and appears to be very good, even locals do it. There are plenty of speedbumps, so each time you walk out of a town it's better to thumb at one of these. Some hitchhikers say that a small token payment may be exchanged. Public transport is inexpensive but quite slow considering the size of the country.
People in Belize are very friendly and many of them are proud of their country. Try to show respect to Belize and it's citizens and you'll find out that this tiny country has a lot of things to offer.
Cities
- Corozal
- Belize City
- Belmopan
- Punta Gorda aka "PG"
- San Ignacio aka Cayo
Islands
Jalacte Border Crossing (Illegal by this moment)
December 2016 experience: El Chulito and Shamcore tried to legally cross the border with Guatemala via Jalacte in December 2016. They hitchhiked from Punta Gorda to Jalacte without any real difficulties. The traffic is poor, but they got rides from one village to a next one and reached the destination point in about 3 hours, which is not a bad timing. The road was completely paved and in great condition. Seems like the works are almost finished. About 5kms before Jalacte there's customs where the guards first ask where you go. El Chulito and Shamcore asked about a legal way to exit Belize and enter Guatemala and got bad news. The only way to leave the country legally is to find an only police officer in Jalacte who owns an exit stamp. Actually he's only authorized to put exit stamps only in guatemalan passports, but it seems like he can be convinced to help travelers as well. But the only problem is to enter Guatemala legally, because there's no any kind of customs or control when entering the country. This means that it's impossible to get an entry stamp and stay in the country on a legal basis. People say that Guatemala doesn't really participate in making a legal border crossing point because of a territorial conflict between two countries. Let's hope that in 2017 travelers will be able to cross the border legally. At the moment you can only enter Guatemala at your own risk, which is never advisable by HitchWiki community.
Gallery
Katja and Augustas on a free pickup ride in Belize.
On the road in Belize.
Sometimes you might be "lucky" to hitch a tractor.
Hitchhiker Katja waiting for a ride.
