Belize: Bargains, beaches and jungle journeys

Chicago Sun-Times | September 20, 1987| | Copyright

Tourists are a funny lot. We complain about overcrowded islands and mourn the lack of intimate hotels. We dread the rise of mass-volume travel and yearn for the Hawaii or Caribbean "that once was."

Yet when we learn of an under-visited tropical paradise less than two hours from Miami, we shun it, because of its dreaded location - in Central America.

Thereby we make a major error. We miss vacation pleasures of a high order in a delightfully mixed-up nation. It's English-speaking but of Mayan origin, a crazy-quilt of ethnic groups living in perfect harmony and striving to develop a tourist ...

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