Mike, look I know only too well that San Pedro has some short comings but these two stayed at low end hotels; probably only stayed one day; didn't go snorkeling, diving or fishing and didn't hardly roam around the Island. They start off complaining about the water ferry being crowded and their suitcases being placed in the sand. They go on to make fun in a derogatory way about the name of a medical lab. The bananas and plantains where over ripe?
I like San Pedro because it is quite; its' people are very friendly; it has many restaurants (after 6 years, I don't think I've been to them all); it is safe; and everyone speaks English.
The beaches have turtle grass but most everyone knows that up front. It is not Mystique, Nevis, Martinique or the Grenadines but I've been to all of them and more. They are very expensive and I don't see how you could possibly retire at any of them. Nice to visit but retire? This was a retirement article, wasn't it? Christ, Mystique is a little rinky dink Island that caters to rock stars. A lunch there at one of the very few restaurants would cost you $50US (I'm guessing a little because I haven't been there in almost 20 years but I'll bet I'm very close to being right, maybe low. If housing, food and everything you need to have a decent retirement where reasonable I'd be living in that area instead of San Pedro. Nothing better than BVI but try to buy a place. With what they wrote and with how much money they spent in San Pedro it is hard for me to believe they traveled at all in the Eastern Caribbean. What the hell did they do, sleep on the beach there and eat fruit of the trees for meals? They certainly didn't rent a room for $35US. I lived in this area for 5 years and I know what it costs.
"Personally, we found it dull and coined the phrase “
Brainless in Belize” (they found it dull, well a lot of retired people like me like it a little dull with occasional wild times)
I don't like it too busy and I don't like a constant party. That is not how most people live. Hell I'm a country boy at heart even if I'm from Massachusetts.
The comments about the trash and garbage unfortunately where correct but I think we are making big strides with the clean ups in the last 6 months and in a few weeks when I get back I'm going to put an effort into supporting this in any way I can. Every morning I walk my dog for a few hours and visit friends along the beach. I started last April carring a bag and picking up trash on my way back and I think it made a big difference in my area and set a good example for others who observed me doing this. I will continue this from the get go. I like San Pedro and I'll take it, these two assholes can have Mystique and the fricken stars who live there.
If you look at where Belize is positioned geographically, you can see that it is just as tropical as Mexico and Guatemala. Yet the produce we found there was not only more expensive than its neighboring countries, but also of lesser quality and with skimpy selections offered in the stores. ......The beaches were often covered in dead sea grass and it was flourishing out in the ocean as well, making swimming close to shore a sort of slimy affair. We have traveled extensively through this area of the world visiting some of the finest beaches you will ever see. The white sands of the island of Nevis, Mystique, Martinique and the Grenadines in the Caribbean are particularly memorable.
