On June 25, the church sent three youths, myself included, and five adults on a trip most tourists couldn’t fathom. By the end of the trip, a school was built in the slums of Belize City, and we ...

The Mayas influenced the Spanish colonists' religious architecture. The research compares Spanish colonial churches and Maya dwellings on the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico and Belize.

December to April. This period marks the peak tourist season in Belize City, as the weather is predominantly dry and pleasant. Temperatures average highs of 84 degrees Fahrenheit (29 degrees ...

Visit the churches’ remains and then climb the high temple for a panoramic view of the complex, which includes a 13-foot stone mask and a former British sugar mill.

BELIZE has long been a country of immigrants. British timber-cutters imported African slaves in the 18th century, and in the 1840s Mexican Mayans fled a civil war. More recently, North American ...