Things you should know about Belize

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Ok, so here are some things you may not have know about Belize, I am already running out of time so I may have to do this in two parts.

* The Toucan is the national bird, the Tapir the national animal (it is a mountain cow) and I ate some of it yesterday it had great flavor but it was a little tough, the Mahogeny tree is the national tree and is greatly respected.

* There are 4 highways in Belize the North, South, Western, and Hummingbird highways
The non posted and assumed speed limit is 55 MPH and slower in towns. There are speed bumps in random places all over the highways, more in the towns. None of these laws are enforced and the driving here is terrifying. Most of my time on the buses is spent praying:)

* The buses are suppose to follow a set schedule but sometimes they don't show up. You have to wave at a bus and yell stop sometimes to get it to pick you up. You have to stand up and yell stop to make sure the bus stops where you want it to or you may be riding for awhile. They fill the buses and many people end up standing, unless of course the police stop you at a check point them everyone squeezes to fit. Unless of course your a jerk and won't sit down, in which case the bus is pulled over for 15 minutes and the driver gets a ticket. Yes this happened to us and that guys was promptly kick off.

Ok, to be continued my class is about to start...