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Sensitive Cultural Artifacts: On Sale!

All museum reproductions are 20% off. Our featured artifact is a reproduction of the Mask of Death and Rebirth. The Maya belief in the never-ending cycle of life and afterlife is illustrated in this sculpture, with each layered face representing a specific stage of life. The original is from the ruins of Tikal in Guatemala and dates to about 900 AD.

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Artful Nomad Co. Names ShelliusMax "Best Person Ever"

“Assuming she is a real person,” says ANC Editor Dave Berg. Berg is referring to ShelliusMax’s recent blog on belizeforum.com, an excellent forum for info about traveling in Belize.

According to ShelliusMax (not her real name):

“Thanks Steve, the book came on Monday already. It looks fantastic! What I have read so far is very useful and your writing is also funny in places which is great. Terrific photos too. I’m really glad I ordered it.”

Shellius will retain the BPE title and accompanying notoriety until the ANC sees fit to award a new Best Person Ever at a future date.

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Important updates to our book, "Belize to Guatemala and Tikal"

— Staff Report

Major government shake up shakes out Novelos Bus Company
Belize In Transit Services has taken over the Belize City to San Ignacio route. If you ask your taxi man for a ride to Novelos Bus Company, his proper response should be 1) a string of mumbled curses, 2) a blurt about “the way things awtta be,” and finally, 3) a heartfelt harangue decrying corruption while lampooning the opposing political party. By the time this wraps up, you’ll be unloading your gear at the BITS terminal alongside the next bus leaving for San Ignacio! All aboard.

New travelers’ favorite!
Trek Stop eco-lodge is getting a lot of thumbs up from travelers in San Ignacio, Belize. It’s just outside town nary a hornbill’s holler from the ruins of Xunantunich. A dollar will get you into town on the bus, and they have bikes for rent! We, on the other hand, like them because they reply to our emails. Go to thetrekstop.com and you be the judge.

Paradise Down . . . Down
Word on the street says Caye Caulker dive shop Paradise Down has closed their doors. We’ll be on the lookout for Paradise Down coming up again, however.

Michael’s Windsurf on Caye Caulker
Is also down, sorry to say. We hope they get back on their feet and in the sky again soon.

No Avoiding Departure Tax
Regardless what our author says in the book, travelers are not able to wave the exit fee when leaving the country for good. “There was a time in the past when you could keep your receipt from the Guatemalan crossing and then weasel out of paying that ridiculous fee twice,” says author Steve Stratman. “Belize Customs probably figured out that the copious amounts of Gallo beer drank by tourists in Guatemala blotted out most memories of the first crossing whatsoever.” Stratman suggests that you should save your weaseling when explaining your apparent lack of tan lines to your fishing buddies back home.

Friendship Shopping Center on Caye Caulker
Announces a new line of Soy Sauce. It’s not actually new says FSC management, it was just recently re-discovered on a shelf behind the tamarindo juice. After a spirited dusting, however, the bottles regained their original luster.

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