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Article: If you only have a day in Belize: increasingly popular Central American port is full of surprises.
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- Cruise Travel
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- March 1, 2004
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If you haven't landed recently in tiny Belize, tucked between Mexico and Guatemala on Central America's Caribbean coast, be prepared for a surprise. And even if you're familiar with the little English-speaking nation, expect to be startled. We were amazed on our third cruise-ship visit; the improvements are striking.
You still anchor offshore, but you do not tender in to the port on your ship's boats. Instead, streamlined water taxis, which look like racing boats, provide frequent shuttles--and they are fast! The speed is a result of their unusual design, and their horsepower--three 90-hp outboard motors (ship tenders have inboard engines and are not built for ...