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The Southern Coast Travel Guide
As always in Belize, the transition from one landscape to another is swift and startling. As you approach the Hummingbird Highway's end in coastal Dangriga, the lush, mountainous terrain of the north gives way to flat plains bristling with orange trees. Farther south the Stann Creek Valley is Belize's San Fernando Valley, where bananas, the nation's first bumper crop, and most other fruit is grown. Equally startling to the change in scenery is the cultural segue: whereas San Ignacio has a Spanish air, the southern coast is strongly Afro-Caribbean. More »
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