A bit less than 9,000 square miles, Belize is a relatively small country. Roughly the same size as the entire US state of Massachusetts.
What she lacks in size...she makes up for in diversity.
Her people have been compared to a bag of Skittles...all races, colors and creeds living together in a delightful happy mixture.
Her geography much the same...
Mountains, Jungles and Rainforest
Swampy Plains and Mangrove Forests
And the Beaches, Reefs, and Cayes...
With over 4000 species of flowering plants...700 species of trees...500 species of birds...and dozens of unique-to-Belize mammals...it becomes obvious that this is something that is going to require more than one day's time.
Over the next couple of weeks we will break it into
Mountains and Jungle/Rainforest
Swampy
Plains
Mangrove Forests
Cayes
Beaches
Reef
And the flora and fauna we can expect to encounter in each...
Make it a little more managable.
We will start next time with the
Mountains/Jungle and Rainforest
Until then...
