Join the Communities at the Washington Times as we discover the people, destinations, festivals, environmental diversity and political and cultural history that these very different and environmentally rich countries have to offer as we count down to the end of the Mayan Long Jump Calendar on December 21, 2012.
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How will you face the apocalypse? Cowering in your basement with your ammunition stockpile? Rioting in New York? How about a good dinner and front row seats in Belize? Published 5:37 p.m. December 19, 2012 - Comments
Will the world end this week? The answer is assuredly no. Published 10:22 a.m. December 18, 2012 - Comments
Belizean Francis "Chino" Eiley sets the words written while on death row for a crime he did not commit to music. Published 10:24 p.m. February 18, 2012 - Comments
The mass purchase discounter is offering a 50% discount for a four night, breakfast included stay, to San Felipe, Belize, near the Moho River, the Blue Creek Cave and the Lubaantun Mayan Ruins Published 4:23 p.m. July 27, 2011 - Comments
There is no doubt that Belize is filled with magic. But is there enough magic for Gene Simmons, frontman of heavy rock group KISS, to finally ask Shannon Tweed to marry him? And for her to say yes? Published 9:14 p.m. July 26, 2011 - Comments
Author, and mother, Hope Edelman confronts some of life's mysteries while traveling to Belize to find an answer to her child's destructive imaginary friend. Published 1:48 a.m. June 19, 2011 - Comments
Celestine's day starts hours before American parentsthink of waking up, and before she goes to bed, she'll work harder than any woman I know, labor devoted to her children. Published 10:20 p.m. June 11, 2011 - Comments
I spent two nights as a guest of the Chos, a Maya family in the Belize village of San Jose. They showed me how they lived and told me about their lives, and I told them a little about mine. Published 10:03 p.m. June 11, 2011 - Comments
The vivacious, durable pigment Azul Maya, used thousands of years ago offers not only beauty and insights into an amazing culture, but also provides hints to current-day pigment producers. Published 8:31 p.m. May 19, 2011 - Comments
From the peaks of mountains to the worn away coves that dot the coastline, Nicaragua is a wonderland of biodiversity. Published 11:18 p.m. May 17, 2011 - Comments
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Central America, or Mesoamerica, is an easily over looked bridge of land between Southern Mexico and South America where the countries of Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama, contains 7% of the world's extreme bio-diversity and a rich history going back to 10,000, and some feel up to 40,000 B.C.
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