BELIZE ADVENTURE BLOG

By Slickrock Adventures | July 14, 2011

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Every year we are asked about whether traveling to Belize or the tropics is a good idea during ‘the rainy season’. Slickrock is not open during this time (summer and fall) and it is partly due to bad weather in Belize, although the weather in the summer (June – August) is often not too severe until hurricane season arrives in September (although it can, of course, begin earlier). The oth

By Slickrock Adventures | July 13, 2011

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I was just introduced to a website with an excellent comprehensive list of volunteer opportunities in Belize. What a great way to travel to a foreign country — working in a community, and helping local Belizeans! This site lists several organizations offering many community development projects. You could volunteer to help build a school, work at a shelter for disadvantaged kids, assist on w

By Slickrock Adventures | July 12, 2011

By Slickrock Adventures | July 11, 2011

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Last March I wrote about fishing for lionfish on our island, Long Caye at Glover’s Reef. Glover’s Reef is a protected Marine Reserve, and therefore fishing is prohibited (except catch-and-release for sport fishermen). The only fish you can catch and keep is lionfish. This is because these fish are non-native and a very recent arrival in the Caribbean, as this is a Pacific fish. Lionfish are a

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As I posted last week, I was looking for some images in my computer files and found some videos I didn’t realize I had. In 2012 one of our guests – Larry Staples – spent much of his island week filming. And he had great equipment! At the end of the week he gave me everything he had shot. THANK YOU LARRY. I was so impressed with the kayak surfing video that I found initially, that

By Slickrock Adventures | July 7, 2011

I’m going to Belize in 2 weeks! I have been invited by the Belize Tourist Board on a “FAM” trip. This is travel industry lingo for “familiarization”. I, along with a bunch of other travel industry professionals, are going on a somewhat insane itinerary: we will visit 27 hotels in 5 days! I wouldn’t call that fun, but many of these are places I have heard of for years but never gotten t