Interesting video. That "abandoned village" used to be the Headquarters for the Western District (Cayo) Forest District. BHFD. (British Honduras Forest Department). before Belize got its independence. It was called Augustine, in the 50's and 60's. It was a thriving little community with forestry workers and their families, Our drinking water was piped in from Rio Frio, and electricity came from a diesel generator. It wasn't abandoned. It was phased out by the powers that be in Belmopan who probably wanted to centralize forestry operations, and cut costs. I was there when they were building those houses in 1958 to 1960 by a Mr. Gibbs and his crew. You showed a pictures of my old house, which I shared with a Forest Guard, and which I called "Canada House". Wonderful memories of living and working the Mountain Pine Ridge. Thank you.
Thank you! This is a nice break from travelling being in Belgium but always eager to return to our trip back in the Americas! You'll be sure to know when we're back 🤙
I'm fairly confident that almost all the places I went to are very accessible to any vehicle. Lots of road maintenance was being done last year so it's probably even easier now
Interesting video. That "abandoned village" used to be the Headquarters for the Western District (Cayo) Forest District. BHFD. (British Honduras Forest Department). before Belize got its independence. It was called Augustine, in the 50's and 60's. It was a thriving little community with forestry workers and their families, Our drinking water was piped in from Rio Frio, and electricity came from a diesel generator. It wasn't abandoned. It was phased out by the powers that be in Belmopan who probably wanted to centralize forestry operations, and cut costs. I was there when they were building those houses in 1958 to 1960 by a Mr. Gibbs and his crew. You showed a pictures of my old house, which I shared with a Forest Guard, and which I called "Canada House". Wonderful memories of living and working the Mountain Pine Ridge. Thank you.
Oh wow! Thank you for that insight. Mountain Pine Ridge obviously has a lot of history there and was really cool to see and explore.
I can’t believe that you don’t have more followers. You guys are great!!!! Don’t get discouraged. I love your content.
Such kind words, thank you so much! It means a lot
All the best to you both
Thank you! Hope you guys are well. Probably won't catch up to you at this point 🤷♂️
Thanks for the video. Really cool
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I love the snake 😍😍
It's a cutie!
Good episode!!! So cool, waiting everything gets fine with Lindsey and well, hoping to see you two soon on Guatemala 🫡🇬🇹
Thank you! This is a nice break from travelling being in Belgium but always eager to return to our trip back in the Americas! You'll be sure to know when we're back 🤙
Great Episode
Thank you!
Its amazing! is the road to Caracol in good conditions? Do you need a 4WD?
You do not need 4wd to get there. Road is a bit bumpy but you'd be fine!
Great video! Do you need a SUV or 4x4 to get to all the attractions? Or would you be able to make it with a steady sedan as well?
I'm fairly confident that almost all the places I went to are very accessible to any vehicle. Lots of road maintenance was being done last year so it's probably even easier now
i want to move to Belize
We don't blame you! It's a wonderful country
Please call it Mountain Pine Ridge not the Pine Ridge Mountains. You have totally misnamed it.
Thanks for the tip! Will try to avoid that in the future