Belize General Info

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on 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

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on 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

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on July 1, 2011

We launched the inaugural version of Belize Adventure Week in 1996. We were the first outfitter in Belize to offer an adventure trip that combined jungle and sea sports. It was wildly successful and soon every other lodge in Belize chose to flatter us (as the saying goes); within a few years there were copycat versions of our itinerary offered all over the country. This adventure vacation has evol

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on June 29, 2011

Belize is one of the last unspoiled places on earth. Still undiscovered, often mis-located and usually misspelled… this is a fantastic country, and you DON’T want to miss it. Tucked into a forgotten corner of the Caribbean, Belize has remained apart from the growth of the rest of the region. Belize offers travelers the richly rewarding authenticity they seek in a Caribbean getaway. Bel

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on June 27, 2011

In late October of 1998 a hurricane formed off the coast of Panama and started heading north. The storm was named Mitch, and was following a normal course for that time of the year, and was expected to veer to the NW and possibly hit the northern Yucatan and maybe Cuba. However, when it reached a latitude approximately level with Belize and about 400 miles to the east, it suddenly stalled out and

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on June 22, 2011

At our island kitchen in Belize we employ 3 local women to cook for our groups. Belizean cuisine has only a few good recipes (from my point of view)… almost everything is either deep-fried, over-cooked, or made with processed ingredients, like white flour. It has taken me years to teach these wonderful women to cook for American tastes. Our guests tend to prefer whole foods, low in fat, and simp

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on June 17, 2011

In Belize you will hear the locals talk about a mysterious vegetable called “cho-cho”. This is what they call chayote squash, a vegetable common in Mexico. On the island we serve Cho-Cho and Zucchini Enchiladas. This recipe is PERFECT, if I may say so myself. It serves 6 – 8, and is very easy to make. Cho-Cho and Zucchini Enchiladas 2 cho-cho 2 zucchini 1 bell pepper 1 onion 1 package frozen