June 15th-22nd, 2008 - San Pedro, Ambergris Caye, Belize
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Trip Leader: |
For Questions Regarding Trip
Doug Geddes
(859) 224-3197 |
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For Questions Regarding Trip
Dan Miller
(859) 948-5133 |
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Financial: |
For Questions Regarding Payments
George Fleischmann
(859) 873-9539 |
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Dates: |
June 15th to June 22nd, 2008 - Sunday to Sunday |
Accommodations: |
Ramon's Village Resort
San Pedro, Belize
(800) Magic 15
(601) 649-1990
(601) 649-1996 (FAX)
E-mail: info@ramons.com |
Dive Operator: |
Ramon's Village Resort
Located on the resort property |
Transportation: |
Delta
round trip from Lexington
to Belize City - Tropic Air Limited from Belize City to San Pedro & Return |
Itinerary:Disclaimer:
This itinerary is for illustration only. Please check your tickets
and/or Delta/Tropic Air for any Flight or Time changes |
Date: |
From: |
To: |
Flight: |
Leave: |
Arrive: |
| Lexington to San Pedro |
| 15JUN 08 |
LEX |
ATL |
DL1021 |
7:35
AM |
8:59
AM |
| Change
Planes. Connect time in Atlanta, GA 2 hour 31 minutes |
| ATL |
BZE |
DL4507 |
11:30
AM |
12:35
PM |
| Change
Planes. Connect time in Belize City 2 hour 5 minutes |
| BZE |
SPR |
PM80 |
2:40
PM |
2:55
PM |
15 JUN 08
thru
22 JUN 08 |
Dive & Dine Ambergris Caye, San Pedro, Belize |
| San Pedro to Lexington |
| 22 JUN 08 |
SPR |
BZE |
PM51 |
11:00
AM |
11:15
AM |
| Change
Planes. Connect time in Belize City 2 hours 0 minutes |
| BZE |
ATL |
DL4506 |
1:15
PM |
6:18
PM |
| Change
Planes. Connect time in Atlanta, GA 3 hours 17 minutes |
| ATL |
LEX |
DL5334 |
9:35
PM |
10:59
PM |
Costs:Disclaimer:
These cost figures are accurate (except those marked estimate) but not to
the penny. Some are rounded. Your final cost will be
determined by the club treasurer. |
All prices are per/person
for 7 night/8 day stay with 5 days of diving. All rooms have A/C, ceiling fans, hot water, shower, private
bathroom. |
Diver Rate Includes:
Airfare from LEX to SPR via ATL and BZE
R/T Transfers from San Pedro airport to resort
Accommodations - Garden view room
Full breakfast daily
All taxes & Service charges
2 boat dives per day
1 night boat dives per week
Tanks, weights, weight belt, regular air - Nitrox available for
additional charge |
Non-Diver Rate Includes:
All of the above except diving |
Not Included:
No meals except breakfast
Bar tab
Equipment rental |
Cabin Type |
Sgl/Dbl |
Rate |
Cost |
Garden view
Room with
1 King or 2 double beds |
Double |
Diver |
$1,955 |
| Double |
non-Diver |
$1,567 |
| Single |
Diver |
$2,529 |
| Single |
non-Diver |
$2139 |
| Triple |
Diver |
$1,799 |
| Triple |
non-Diver |
$1,408 |
| Departure tax |
$35 |
| Trip administration fee |
$10 |
| Airfare Subtract if providing own air) |
-$815 |
| Upgrade to Seaside room |
pp/week |
+$38 |
| Upgrade to Beachside room (1 King bed only) |
pp/week |
+$114 |
| Upgrade to Guest
Suite Seaside room |
pp/week |
+$98 |
| Upgrade to Guest
Suite Beachside room |
pp/week |
+$174 |
| Upgrade to Mini
Suite Seaside room |
pp/week |
+$155 |
| Upgrade to Mini
Suite Beachside room |
pp/week |
+$232 |
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To access BGDC Trip Refund Policy |
Trip Insurance: |
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here ===>
To view information about Dive Emergency Assistance and Trip Insurance
from a Bluegrass Dive Club partner. |
Notes: |
Flag of Belize |
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Ala carte diving is
$77 for a 2-tank boat dive (package saves you $5 per dive)
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Dive schedules are
flexible meaning you can use them throughout the week.
You are not required to just dive 2 dives daily in the morning. However, any unused dives will not result in any refund.
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This trip takes place
during Lobster-fest week (14-19): www.sanpedrolobsterfest.com.
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Research resort at www.ramons.com
& www.sportdiver.com/livebrochure/ramons/
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Side trips to premium
dive sites Shark Ray Alley and Blue Hole are not included but are
available for an additional charge
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Resort has beach,
pool, restaurant and a dive shop on site.
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English is the
official language
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110 VAC is same
electricity as USA
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Water on Ambergris
Caye is potable but while on the mainland use bottled water
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Belizean Dollar is 2
for every USD but USD and plastic accepted almost everywhere
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Belize is a stable
independent nation with close association to the British Commonwealth
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For more info on
Belize go to www.belize.com & www.travelbelize.org,
www.belize.com or www.belizetourism.org.
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Belize time is 2
hours behind Lexington (equivalent to Mountain Time)
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No TV or internet in
rooms so go diving or on one of the many mainland eco-tours
- 4
tenths of a mile from downtown, 3 blocks to the airport
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Map of Belize
From Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia
Belize is the only officially English
speaking country
Amerindians
which led way to the Mayans
were amongst the original inhabitants of Belize.
The Maya
civilization spread itself over Belize between 1500 BC and 300 AD and
flourished until about 900 AD. European settlement began with British
Jews, privateers
and shipwrecked
English
seamen as early as 1638.
The origin of the name Belize is unclear, but one idea is
that it derives from the Spanish pronunciation
of the surname of the pirate who created the first settlement in Belize in 1638,
Peter Wallace. Another possibility is that the name is from the Maya word belix,
meaning "muddy water", applied to the Belize
River.
The early "settlement of Belize in the Bay
of Honduras" grew from a few habitations located at Belize Town and St
George's Caye into a de-facto
colony of the United
Kingdom during the late eighteenth
century. In the early nineteenth
century the settlement was called British Honduras, and in 1871 it became a Crown
Colony.
Taking advantage of Spain’s inability to establish
control over present-day Belize, Englishmen began to cut logwood
(Haematoxylum campechianum L.), a dyewood greatly valued in Europe as the
principal dyestuff for the expanding wool industry. By the 1770s, a second
tropical exotic timber, mahogany
(Swietenia macrophylla King), replaced logwood as the main export from
Belize. The economy of Belize remained based on the extraction of mahogany until
the early 1900s when the cultivation of export crops such as citrus, sugar cane,
and bananas came to dominate the economy.
Hurricane
Hattie inflicted significant damage upon Belize in 1961. The government
decided that a coastal capital city lying below sea level was too risky. Over
several years, the British colonial government designed a new capital, Belmopan,
at the exact geographic centre of the country, and in 1970 began slowly moving
the governing offices there.
British Honduras became a self-governing colony in January
1964 and was renamed "Belize" on June 1 1973; it was the United
Kingdom's last colony on the American mainland. George
Price led the country to full independence on September 21 1981 after delays
caused by territorial disputes with neighboring Guatemala,
which did not formally recognize the country.
Throughout Belize's history, Guatemala
has claimed ownership of all or part of the territory. This claim is
occasionally reflected in maps showing Belize as Guatemala's twenty-third province.
As of March 2007, the border dispute with Guatemala remains unresolved and quite
contentious; at various times the issue has required mediation by the United
Kingdom, CARICOM
heads of Government, the Organization
of American States and, on one occasion, the United States. Since
independence, a British garrison has been retained in Belize at the request of
the Belizean Government. Notably, both Guatemala and Belize are participating in
the confidence-building measures approved by the OAS, including the
Guatemala-Belize Language Exchange Project.
In 2005, Belize was the site of unrest
caused by discontent with the country's ruling party as well as tax
increases in the national budget.
Ambergris Caye, Belize
Links to information on:
Ramon's Village Resort
- Accommodations in Belize
What the
heck is Ambergris anyway? - Click to find out
History of Belize -
Site 1
History of Belize
- Site 2
Info - Site 1
Info - Site 2
Info - Site 3
Info - Site 4 - Belize News
Delta Airlines - Flight
transportation
U.S.
State Department - Consular Information Sheet - Belize
Embassy of the
United States of America - Belmopan, Belize
Centers for
Disease Control - Health information for Belize
Weather in
Belize - Belize City
Time in
Belize
CIA World Factbook -
Belize
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