Bye bye Belize, Hola Guatemala

We leave Belize just as it begins to celebrate its 25th anniversary of independence. Britain declared British Honduras independent in 1981 and it became Belize. The British did keep a large forces regimented over here for a number of years afterwards (thinking of you here Paul), in fact the SAS still come here to do their jungle training. Anyway starting on the 10th September (The Battle of St George's Caye - when Britain beat the Spaniards in the 18th century) and ending on the 20th September (the declaration of independence in 1981) all of Belize is going to be one giant party. The celebrations have already started in many towns and the locals are even more relaxed than they are normally. You have gotta love a country who's national motto's are "Go Slow" and " No pressure, no problems, no worries". We are leaving this carnival atmosphere and crossing the border into Guatemala. Its going to be Spanish all the way now until March!