Who owns the resorts and restaurants that tourists are pointed to?

I once visited a small village that had just opened itself up to be a port for cruise ships. The ship docks and the people are ushered into the “market place” or they load into vehicles for their guided tour, arranged by the cruise line.

The market is a walled in square where you can buy trinkets or food. There are doorways in the 8 ft+ walls that lead to the real village. It’s like Oz. People see what they choose to see. It is not hard to deceive them.

Regretfully, I do not do other’s bidding so I’d suggest you start this OUTSTANDING idea for a blog yourself.

Your comment is a little disturbing to me, so good luck with that!

Well sir, you’re a relative noob then. I would have to agree with Qing Wan here. UDP is the worst Government ever that the Belizean population has ever had to endure. Dean Barrow is an arrogant prick – excuse my French – doesn’t like white guys – doesn’t seem to mind white gals though.

Years ago I was heading out to Crooked Tree when my rental vehicle got a flat tire – spare was lacking air as well. Traffic was a little light in those days but eventually a Land Rover came bouncing down the road and the gentleman stopped to ask if everything was OK. He helped me throw the 2 flats in the back and told me to hop in as he knew where we could get the tires fixed. Turns out the lone occupant of the Land Rover was Mr. George Price. Hell of a nice guy.

We talked at great length while the tires were being repaired in some family’s back yard and on the way back to where the rental vehicle was sitting on a jack on the side of the road. Wouldn’t let me buy him a Coke and insisted that he buy me one. Even bought one for the pretty little girl that was selling them. All in all it probably ate up three or four hours out of his day. This was a man that cared about the citizens of Belize and fretted some about what the future might bring! Everybody seemed to know him and not one failed to wave when we drove by. Certainly no one gave him the finger.

If that same scenario were to play out today it would likely go something like this:

Stuck on the side of the road with a flat tire and a flat spare. Scared stiff that someone might come along, rob me blind and maybe decide to take my life just out of spite. Finally see a convoy of black vehicles with blacked out windows coming down the road. The current UDP Prime Minister and his entourage speeds up as they go by spraying me with gravel and covering me in thick dust. Have to assume they were just out buying some votes. Eventually end up walking to town rolling the tires down the road – get them fixed and walk back. Rental vehicle is no where to be seen!

That’s the difference between the UDP and the PUP.

Dan