Comment on Can travel anywhere in late June, not sure where. Anecdotes/advice?
DagwoodIII@piefed.social 6 days ago
Belize.
Tiny country just south of Mexico. It was the only English colony in South America. It’s a lot like Jamaica with less crime. Beautiful beaches and friendly people. I went there for the scuba diving, but it also has old Mayan ruins to explore.
You can use US dollars anywhere if that matters.
Il_winters_lI@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Belize is part of North America.
sbeak@sopuli.xyz 3 days ago
And Central America is part of North America! The North and South Americas is split by the Panama canal (which is located in Panama. Central America is usually defined as the bits below Mexico and above Colombia (but it occasionally includes parts or all of Mexico too, depending on who you ask). Belize is right next to Guatemala and below Mexico, so it’s considered part of Central America!
Even more confusing, “Latin America” is pretty much any country in the Americas that speak either Spanish, Portuguese or another Romance languages, excluding of course the English speaking nations of the US, Canada, Guyana, and Belize (as well as a few Carribean islands), as well as the Dutch speaking Suriname. It does include French Guiana (since French is a Romance language). Hispanic America is all the Spanish speaking nations in the American continent(s)