You Better Belize It !!! (Part 8)

by Uncle Hans

.......on this day we rented a gold cart and took off on tour. This is the"hospital" built over 6 years and, now, really a poorly run clinic. My original dream was to do some charity surgery on the island and this was to be the place. Still, something like that could happen. We are young...........

.........speaking of progress!!, Rex and Mary, get out your hankies and get ready to cry. This is the new bridge!!. There is a river that cuts through the island and for years a hand drawn ferry was the only way to get across. Most of the new development of services and resorts is on the other side of the river now and so a new bridge was built after years of talk and false starts. The beverage tycoon, Barry, put up the money as a loan. It is a toll bridge.....

......we go over and a boat goes under..........

......So far no trucks are allowed, but it looks like it is constructed to allow it later......

.......a close-up view of the reef from the Palapas bar, ( a "pier bar",remember) on the road north.....

.....Wendy climbs up on the bar to show where she wrote on the beam with a marker last year..........

...........at least it wasn't "for a good time, call Wendy at..........."(Joking, Wendy, just Joking!!).........

........Here's Palapa's so you can remember. (lots of pictures of bars in the blog!!).....