Winston? You express yourself well and I may actually agree with some of your points. That said, to my mind, you are speaking more like a disenchanted resident of Belize, rather than a tourist just recently back home from vacation in San Pedro.

I'm not disagreeing with your position that some things are expensive. It is the reasoning you have chosen in support of that position that leaves me a bit perplexed.

I'm curious as to how your mind works and so I ask: When it comes to your home country (may I assume USA?), do you approve and admire every policy, practice and governmental action? Do you berate people in your home country that chose to live up in the hills or out in the suburbs instead of in the more poor neighborhoods? When choosing a vacation spot, what criteria do you use prior to picking a location? If you were to learn that someone, for example, had chosen Cuba or Venezuela for vacation, and loved the experience, would you then take them to task for their choice because of the government and/or policies of those countries? Do you always advise that people spend their vacation dollars as parsimoniously as possible and thus their vacation time in places that potentially deliver less ambiance than they might actually seek?

And, what is it that you would have *tourists* do about the government and that Belize itself is a small country that still experiences growing pains?

A fish and a bird can fall in love, but where will they build their nest?