Loving Belize 1 - Tourist Advice, Corozal, Consejo, Sarteneja. - GoPro HD
Welcome to a new documentary series about Belize and the amazing, diverse, beautiful, people that live there.
Belize is a small country in Central America, please google the country. Recently there has been negative and distorted Media and few badly made documentaries which, because of the size of this country, has affected not only the tourism but also the lives of the people, by knocking they confidence down.
My name is Rose Robin, I will be making a documentary series in Belize for about one year. Giving you a look through the key hole. I will be interviewing people for all walks of life, but I will not make me own comments, I leave it to you to make up your own minds.
I will introduce you to many people, artists, musicians, dancers, fishermen, coconut oil makers, restaurant owners, divers, boat makers, politicians, and more. Not only will I interview them but I will also film them going their jobs, locals and expatriates. I will be filming locals cooking local recipes. I will be going out for 7 days with the local fishermen and documenting just where that delicious fish that the tourist are eating in the restaurants comes from.
Please take the time to like this video, if you do... and send it on to you buddies, the more people who see this video, the more it will make a difference to the people talking about their lives, views, hopes and dreams.
You can find out more about the project by going to our website:
paintingpirates.com
Loving Belize Episode 12 - Tourist Advice, Whirlwind tour of Belize
Welcome to last episode of Loving Belize, this one is a whirlwind tour of Belize.
- In this episode you are taken to the Archeology symposium in San Ignacio, with interviews from leading archeologists.
- Then you are taken to Benque Viejo del Carmen a town 3 km from the Guatemalan border for the festival of the virgin Carmen, lebrates the day of Benque's patron saint Our Lady of Mount Carmel (Nuestra Señora de Monte Carmelo) with traditional marimba bands.
- From there we go to Spanish Lookout, where we get a look into the oil drilling business in Belize.
- From there we travel across the country to the island of Caye Caulker where you'll met the organizer for the Poor and Famous Boys club.
- Then we visit the village of Hopkins where you'll be enchanted by the Garifona community.
- Across the country again and right down south to San Perdo Columbia where a poetry and rap festival to promote the Rainforest Academy will bring a smile to your face.
- Back to San Ignacio to it's lively market, and it's sister village Santa Elena where I give a work shop in stop animation in the local Library to the children.
- Then you are taken on a very educational journey through the jungle of Belize with a Maya Bush Doctor.
- Then you are taken to a village which was split in half when the border of Belize was laid down, the village of Arenal on the border of Belize and Guatemala, divides a football pitch in the heart of the village.
- Finally We go back to San Ignacio for an out door box match between Belize and Guatemala.
- Then I say good bye at the airport of Cancun as I fly to my next destination Vancouver BC where I will be doing another documentary series about BC in the winter. Thank you for watching Loving Belize I hope you enjoyed learning about this amazing country as much as I did. You can see more info about the work I do on my web site : paintingpirates.com
Belize City Tourist Guide
The real deal on travel
I make a short video in Belize City about why I believe it is worth seeing when one visits Belize. It represents a country in the infancy of independence and all that is good and bad in these early stages.
Loving Belize episode 6 - Tourist Advice, Little Kitchen fishing, Music Awards, Belize City
Welcome to episode 6 of the documentary series 'Loving Belize'.
In this episode you are taken on a fishing adventure with 'Little Kitchen Adventure tours' with fishermen Roy Flowers and Manola from Caye Caulker.
In Belize City Driva 'Don't stop at all' gives a inspirational talk to the children at the 'Living Hope' Prep School for kids at risk, he talks about his road through crime and incarceration and how he found his way back to education and became an award winning film maker and musician.
I interview music artist Anaconda talking about his new upcoming album and his thought about Belize city today.
Then you will be introduced to the contemporary musical talents of Belize, back stage at the Belize Music Awards. With interviews from the award winning artists and the organizers of the BMA at Flavaz Entertainment.
With music by:
Jon Gomm
Anaconda
Ganzo Kiu
Henry the 3rd
Verge of Umbra
Swaggerman
ENG ALL STARS
Loving Belize episode 2 - Tourist Advice, Caye Caulker, BlueHole, Hopkins
Welcome to episode 2 of 'Loving Belize' a new documentary series about Belize and the amazing, diverse, beautiful, people that live there.
I would like to thank Cory and Daniel for the amazing road trip they sponsored and for being beautiful fun people and a friends for life! Thank you so much Doris for being a fantastic guide and a wealth of knowledge!
In episode 2 you'll see interviews with:
- Sonia Rivera Mayor of San Benito Guatemala
in Caye Caulker -
Cory Scott Pierce, Daniel Szelenyi, Melvin Badillo at the Miramar Hotel, Little Kitchen with chef Elba Flowers who'll teach you how to make a traditional Garifuna dish and Joseph Ambros coconut oil maker.
In Belize City -
Jay owner of Crystal Car rentals, collector of 'Trash'.
In Mahogany Heights -
Doris Figueroa teacher at the 'Living Hope' Prep School in Belize City for children at risk.
We also visit the sites on a crazy road trip
Introducing 'The B team'.
The inland Blue Hole
Hopkins
San Ignacio
Xunantunich Mayan Site
Ending with an introduction to episode 3 with a special interview with Belizean musician, singer, song writer 'Bastic'
and the founder of BCMG music Label Dale Scott Soberanis
and myself being interviewed by 'Yankee' AKA 'Zookeeper' on Wave Radio.
With music from:
Melo Da Mc
Kevin Raeburn Thõmas
ENG all stars
Apache
Ganzo Kiu Ramos
Ntoumos
San Lluis
Dudley D Whisper Nunez
Bastic
Thank you sooo much for the use of your music! It really helps to bring the image to life.
Thank you to
Wave Radio
BCMG music Label
Driva 'Don't stop at all' Belizean Backyard
United NPO
Belize is a small country in Central America, please google the country. Recently there has been negative and distorted Media and few badly made documentaries which, because of the size of this country, has affected not only the tourism but also the lives of the people, by knocking they confidence down.
My name is Rose Robin, I will be making a documentary series in Belize for about one year. Giving you a look through the key hole. I will be interviewing people for all walks of life, but I will not make me own comments, I leave it to you to make up your own minds.
I will introduce you to many people, artists, musicians, dancers, fishermen, coconut oil makers, restaurant owners, divers, boat makers, politicians, and more. Not only will I interview them but I will also film them going their jobs, locals and expatriates. I will be filming locals cooking local recipes. I will be going out for 7 days with the local fishermen and documenting just where that delicious fish that the tourist are eating in the restaurants comes from.
Please take the time to send it on to you buddies, the more people who see this video, the more it will make a difference to the people talking about their lives, views, hopes and dreams.
Loving Belize Episode 3 - Tourist Advice, Belize City, Hip-Hop artists of Belize
Welcome to episode 3 of 'Loving Belize'.
Featuring BCMG records and Party Belize, Belizean Backyard and the Belizean Movie 'Can't Tak it no more'.
With interviews from amazing musical talents coming out of Belize City like Kevin Raeburn Thõmas, D Whisper, Mr Program and Tanya Carter and the brilliant people in the music industry helping to get this talents over seas, Lauren Young, Dale Davis, Driva 'Don't stop at all', Yankee from Wave radio and Dale Scott Soberanis Party Belize Owner and so much more...
With Music by A-fifteen aka Lex Donez and Rain, Tmike aka Michaël Barthélémy, San Lluis, Kevin RaeBurn, D Whisper, The ENG ALL STARS, Prasies, Dwight Swaggerman Brown and Melo Da Mc.
This episode ends with an introduction to episode 4, which will be looking into the Guatemalan claim to Belize, I follow the Mayor of Belize City Darrel Bradley, on a delegation, as he hopes to guide the two countries in the direction of peace by creating a sister-ship between Belize city and San Benito in Guatemala, a historical step forward for the two countries. I also interview COLA's Giovanni Bracket Journalist and activist, about what COLA's doing in reaction to the Guatemalan claim to Belize.
If you haven't already... Check out episode 2 and pass it on to your friends! The more views and 'Likes' the series gets the higher up on the list of videos it will be on Youtube, and the more of difference it will make to showing the world the positive side of Belize!! Thank you!
Beautiful Belize - 5 weeks in 20 minutes
Our trip to Belize in Dec 2009 covering Caye Caulker, San Ignacio and Bullet Tree Falls, Mayan Temples, Belize City, Punta Gorda and Hopkins
Loving Belize episode 11 - Tourist Advice, Lubaantun Mayan site, El Pilar Mayan site
In this episode of Loving Belize you are taken to Lubaantun a Maya site in the south of Belize with an interview from a local man who has looked after the site for 30 odd years. Then you are whisked away to Placencia for the lobster, where you see the local fishermen diving for lobster and learn some of the local recipes. You travel with the 'Black pearl' Biker group from Placencia to San Ignacio along the beautiful Humming bird highway. Lastly you are taken to El Pilar Mayan site and shown around by the archeologist who found the site 30 years ago Anabel Ford.
Northern Belize Expat Interview
Life in Northern Belize is as diverse as its amazing landscape. Over the years, locals and expats have built their homes and lives beside secluded tropical rivers, amid noble hardwood forests, upon bucolic traditional farms, within sleepy rural villages, and along breezy Caribbean seashores. They are attracted to a simple, friendly life in a place that is refreshingly off-the-radar.
In this video Phil Hahn interviews Mick Webb from Crooked Tree Lodge on what life is like for an expat in Belize.
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Corozol Free Zone - Belize
About 3 1/2 hours south of Playa del Carmen sits the beautiful City of Chetumal - the Captial of Quintana Roo. 10 mins south of that is the crossing into the Corozol Free Zone in Belize - just go over the Overpass and you are there ( under the Pass takes you to the new crossing into Belize - but that's another story.) We did this as a daytrip and to check Belize out - and it was a gas. We parked on the Mexican side and walked across the bridge. There is no real Border Customs crossing into Belize here - just a Mexican exit and reentry point. At a small booth by the bridge you surrender your visa ( the one you got on the plane or at the border entry point ) at a cost of 300 pesos - about $25. When you reenter on the other side of the bridge you receive a new one at no cost ( Most people aren't aware of the Visa cost as it is usually included in your air carriers ticket. As you can see there are numerous shops with many name brand products - like Gucci, Crocs, Chanel, Victoria Secret, etc - all at rock bottom prices. Also there are many famous and exotic outlets like - The Las Vegas Hotel, The Bellagio, Taj Mahal, Yang's, Genish - great deals at great prices - unless of course they are knockoffs ...naww However, liquor was quite cheap ( not all..you have to pick and choose ) and as tourists we were allowed to bring back 3 bottles each. My friend has permanent Mexican status as well as his Canadian and wasn't allowed to bring back booze without paying any duty. We also tried out the Casino - filled mainly with slot machines. The Zone is small enough that the small 'cabs' that abound cost 30 pesos for the three of us. We did wander up to the far end of the Zone to the border crossing into Belize itself to get a stamp on our passports but were discouraged by the Customs agent -unless we were planning on actually travelling further (it was suggested that this was because some people do this just to renew their Mexican visas after the maximum 180 day limit. Motorcycle ride.... next time.
Location @ googlemap of Quintana Roo @ yolotraveller.com