just a quick comment to mestizo: the person you are quoting (askew) as a "non-belizean" is indeed belizean. just FYI.

also, speaking only for myself, my comments to mildred were not condemning. all i said, paraphrasing, belize is great for some, not for others.

"I give any visitor the benefit of the doubt. If they didn't like it the first time, maybe the next time they will." - as a traveller, if i don't like a place the first time, there IS no next time. people are fickle.