It’s the rare argument that ends with everyone being a winner: The debate about whether it’s better to vacation solo or make it a group affair. If you’re undecided, consider these logical arguments that could make your decision for you: Travel solo and you’re the chief decision maker in addition...
This Often Overlooked Garifuna Community Is The Perfect Weekend Escape
From the bible to ethnographic profiles, we often use imperfect oral traditions to inform our perspectives about a society. In Belize, there is no shortage of speculation about one of the nation’s most prominent people: The Garifuna. According to writings of British major John Scott in 1667, this society's earliest...
Why You Should Look To Hopkins Belize for Your Next Relaxing, Culturally Immersive Caribbean Vacation
When anthropologists reach a stage in their studies where reading books about the society that fascinates them is no longer a sufficient way to understand the people, intrepid students embark on their “field work.” They leave school to live among the people they’re studying. This immersion is no easy road...
Passport Heavy Visits Hopkins Belize
Can a first-rate Belize resort get too much publicity? Not if that destination is the Belizean Dreams Resort in Hopkins where the mover and shaker behind the popular Passport Heavy website decided to focus his attention. His name is Jubril Agoro and he’s not your usual reviewer. The dude is a globetrotter...
It’s the Ideal Time to Plan a Christmas Vacation to Hopkins Belize
We don’t have to tell you that the globe has been subjected to an unbearable heat wave. You’re relying upon fans, air conditioning, ice cubes, and water to avert heat-related ailments, and we’d like to offer you one more way to beat the heat: Plan a Christmas holiday escape.Sound counterintuitive?...
3 Reasons Now is the Best Time to Visit Belize
Ever think seriously about the word time? Scholars have. According to Robert Gilman, founder of the Context Institute, the concept of time impacts every activity we undertake, and while material goods and skills are important, “I’ve come to feel that perhaps the least understood is time,” Gilman adds. For travelers,...
8 Reasons To Spend Your Next Vacation In Belize
Having come through the first half of 2020 in a relatively sane frame of mind, you likely don’t need a reason to crave a vacation, but we’ve come up with 8 of them to lure you to Belize. Each reason is so compelling, you're going to want to scour your vacation clothing...