{"id":986,"date":"2025-11-17T15:02:29","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T20:02:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cejavu.com\/?p=986"},"modified":"2025-11-22T11:00:51","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T16:00:51","slug":"a-day-in-belize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cejavu.com\/?p=986","title":{"rendered":"Day 3: Belize City, Belize"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"825\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cejavu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/img_6451-825x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-981\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cejavu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/img_6451-825x1024.jpg 825w, https:\/\/cejavu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/img_6451-242x300.jpg 242w, https:\/\/cejavu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/img_6451-768x954.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cejavu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/img_6451.jpg 1179w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 825px) 100vw, 825px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2026 does not begin at the port. There\u2019s no way a behemoth cruise ship is getting near a dock in Belize City. The ship shimmies its way through a crazy set of turns to arrive at and tie off to a dock (floating, I presume) about 5 miles offshore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cejavu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/img_6450-1-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-983\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cejavu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/img_6450-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cejavu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/img_6450-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/cejavu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/img_6450-1-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/cejavu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/img_6450-1.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A fleet of\u2026 seasoned\u2026 water busses then shuttles you to and from the mainland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"575\" src=\"https:\/\/cejavu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/img_6468-1024x575.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-988\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cejavu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/img_6468-1024x575.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cejavu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/img_6468-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cejavu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/img_6468-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cejavu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/img_6468-1536x863.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cejavu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/img_6468.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The port shopping area is not too unlike any of the other Caribbean ports we\u2019ve been to. <em>Lots<\/em> of vendors hawking tours of the city (we didn\u2019t leave the gated compound,) gift and clothing shops, and of course diamond shops. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cejavu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/img_6457-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-989\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cejavu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/img_6457-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cejavu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/img_6457-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cejavu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/img_6457-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cejavu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/img_6457-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cejavu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/img_6457-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cejavu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/img_6457.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Clearly catering to the US and European tourists that drive the local economy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"577\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cejavu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/img_6463-577x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-990\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cejavu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/img_6463-577x1024.jpg 577w, https:\/\/cejavu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/img_6463-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/cejavu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/img_6463-768x1364.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cejavu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/img_6463-865x1536.jpg 865w, https:\/\/cejavu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/img_6463.jpg 1126w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 577px) 100vw, 577px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Visited shops for maybe a half hour, bought a shirt, then hitched a ride back to the ship. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"731\" src=\"https:\/\/cejavu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/img_6467-1024x731.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-991\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cejavu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/img_6467-1024x731.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cejavu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/img_6467-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cejavu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/img_6467-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cejavu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/img_6467-1536x1097.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cejavu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/img_6467.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The pale blue (and white and gray) dot (smudge) we call \u201chome\u201d for now. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hit the thermal spa and napping til dinner. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/cejavu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/img_6509-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1004\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cejavu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/img_6509-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cejavu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/img_6509-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cejavu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/img_6509-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cejavu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/img_6509-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cejavu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/img_6509.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Eighties Night, kicked off with a silent disco. So much more fun than I expected. Only strange if you\u2019re watching without headphones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cejavu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/img_6552-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1009\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cejavu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/img_6552-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cejavu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/img_6552-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cejavu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/img_6552-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cejavu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/img_6552-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cejavu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/img_6552.jpg 1179w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cejavu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/img_6510-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1005\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cejavu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/img_6510-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/cejavu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/img_6510-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/cejavu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/img_6510-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cejavu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/img_6510-1229x1536.jpg 1229w, https:\/\/cejavu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/img_6510.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Imagine letting two random dudes on the ship with <em>this<\/em> technicolor shirt. \ud83d\ude06<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"731\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cejavu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/img_6551-731x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1006\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cejavu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/img_6551-731x1024.jpg 731w, https:\/\/cejavu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/img_6551-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/cejavu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/img_6551-768x1075.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cejavu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/img_6551-1097x1536.jpg 1097w, https:\/\/cejavu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/img_6551.jpg 1179w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 731px) 100vw, 731px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Diane and Magdalena, our fearless leader \/ teacher \/ cruise director \/ friend. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2026 does not begin at the port. There\u2019s no way a behemoth cruise ship is getting near a dock in Belize City. The ship shimmies its way through a crazy set of turns to arrive at and tie off to a dock (floating, I presume) about 5 miles offshore. 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