#8: The Belizean market is amazing. Fact. Every Tuesday and Friday vendors from Belmopan and the surrounding area set up shop in the center of town and sell their fruits, vegetables, herbs and spices, clothes, movies (all bootlegged of course) and anything of the sort. All of their produce is grown by the vendors themselves, and is as fresh as you could imagine.
Not only is the produce fresh fresh fresh, but it is cheap cheap cheap. Many of their vegetables and herbs are sold in plastic bags (a little larger than a standard ziplock bag) for $1 Belize, which equals $0.50 U.S., and some of their most plentiful foods, such as bananas and oranges, are sold for around 8 per $1. Simply amazing. The more in-season a food is, the lower its cost. To grasp the magnitude of the idea, I'll give you an example: today I walked to the market and bought 8 bananas, 7 oranges, 3 peppers, a bag of broccoli, a bag of spinach, and a bag of cilantro for a grand total of $3 U.S. Don't act like you're not impressed.
