Hitchhiking {{infobox Country|country = of Belize|in = Central America|language = English, Spanish, Kriol|map= <map lat='17.25' lng='-88.75' zoom='7' view='0' country='Belize did not appear difficult but expect that a small token payment may be exchanged. Public transport is inexpensive but quite slow considering the size of the ' height='300'/>|capital = [[Belmopan]]|pop = 314,275|currency = Dollar (BZD)|hitch = <rating country. ='bz' />}}
Our experience was [[File:Katja hitchhiking into Hopkins after catching the bus to the intersection with the Southern Highwayin Belize. The distance into the sleepy little town is too far to walk JPG|thumb|left|200px|Hitchhiker [[Katja and the local bus into the town Augustas|Katja]] on an empty rural road in Belize.]]'''Belize''' is quite infrequenta small country in [[Central America]]. It is likely that you will come across locals at borders to [[Mexico]] in the shack on the corner who are waiting for the bus. They noted that it was commonplace to try to hitch a ride while waiting for north and [[Guatemala]] in the bus, whichever comes firstwest.
There Hitchhiking in Belize is very little traffic logical and appears to be very good and easy, even locals do it. There are plenty of speedbumps (just called ''bumps''), so each time you walk out of the a town, catch the bus south it's better to Placentiathumb at one of these. From Placentia there is Some hitchhikers say that a ferry to Mango Creeksmall token payment may be exchanged. (note: Placentia Others have not experienced this at all. Public transport is inexpensive but quite slow considering the end size of a long, thin peninsulathe country. Cars with green license plates are taxis.)
From Mango Creek walk People in Belize are very friendly and many of them are proud of their country. Try to show respect to Belize and it's citizens and you'll find out that this tiny country has a lot of things to offer. == Cities == * [[Corozal]]* [[Belize City]]* [[Belmopan]]* [[Punta Gorda]] aka "PG"* [[San Ignacio]] aka Cayo === Islands === * [[Caye Caulker]]* [[San Pedro (Belize)|San Pedro]] == Jalacte Border Crossing (Illegal by this moment) == December 2016 experience:[[User:El Chulito|El Chulito]] and [[User:Shamcore|Shamcore]] tried to legally cross the border with [[Guatemala]] via [[Jalacte]] in December 2016.They hitchhiked from [[Punta Gorda]] to [[Jalacte]] without any real difficulties. The traffic is poor, but they got rides from the ferry one village to a next one and reached the main destination point in about 3 hours, which is not a bad timing.The road was completely paved and stick out in great condition. Seems like the works are almost finished.About 5kms before Jalacte there's customs where the guards first ask where you thumbgo. [[User:El Chulito|El Chulito]] and [[User:Shamcore|Shamcore]] asked about a legal way to exit [[Belize]] and enter [[Guatemala]] and got bad news. The only way to leave the country legally is to find the only police officer in Jalacte who owns an exit stamp. Actually he's only authorized to put exit stamps only in guatemalan passports, but it seems like he can be convinced to help travelers as well.Now it's impossible to enter [[Guatemala]] legally, because there's no kind of customs or control when entering the country. We managed This means that it's impossible to get an entry stamp and stay in the country on a legal basis.People say that [[Guatemala]] doesn't really participate in making a legal border crossing point because of a territorial conflict between two countries. Let's hope that in 2017 travelers will be able to cross the border legally. At the moment you can only enter [[Guatemala]] at your own risk, which is never advisable by HitchWiki community. == Experiences == ''[[User:Zenit|Zenit]] hitched from the western border to the northern border in just a day in March 2018. The ease and the friendliness of people made him quite upset at already having to leave again, but the unexpected 40B$ (20US$!) exit fee quickly put his feelings back in perspective. ''[[User:Lev-amatuni|Levon]] had an extremely good experience across all the country. Roads and vehicles are scarce in many parts of the country (one in 20 minutes max); however, they almost always stop, especially if this is not a busy road. Sometimes they would expect a small treat (like a ride with bottle of beer) but never more than that. Many locals hitchhike in the back of the pickups too. The atmosphere is very safe (didn't hitchhike in Belize City, though). Again, a schoolbus very positive experience in general. No signs/cardboards are needed.Just to underscore the level of "hitchability" - we hitched from and back to the intersection with airport right on time to fly back to Canada :) == Gallery ==<gallery>Image:Katja and Augustas' ride in Belize.JPG|[[Katja and Augustas]] on a free pickup ride in Belize.Image:Katja hitchhiking in Belize2.JPG|On the Southern Highway road in Belize.Image:Katja and Augustas hitch a tractor in Belize.JPG|Sometimes you might be "lucky" to Punta Gordahitch a tractor.Image:Katja hitchhiking in Belize3.JPG|Hitchhiker [[Katja and Augustas|Katja]] waiting for a ride.</gallery> [[Category:Belize]][[Category:Central America]] [[es:Belice]]