San Pedro Belize Express Water Taxi-Schedule Change for Daylight Savings

On our last trip to Belize, we took the San Pedro Belize Express water taxi to Chetumal, Mexico to check out the shopping there. If you have extra time in Belize, it is well worth the trip. It is a 90 minute boat ride from San Pedro to Chetumal. They have made changes to their schedule due to daylight savings time change in Mexico. Belize does not observe daylight savings time.

San Pedro Belize Express Water Taxi Announces Chetumal, Mexico Schedule Adjustments for Daylight Savings 2011

Belize City, Belize – March 29, 2011 – San Pedro Belize Express Water Taxi wishes to inform all

customers and agents that as of April 3, 2011 and according to the daylights savings time change in Mexico, departures to and from Chetumal, Mexico will be adjusted by one hour Mexico time.

Effective as of April 3, 2011, the departure schedule shall be as follows:

From San Pedro, Belize to Chetumal, Mexico
Depart 8:00 am local time (9:00 am Mexico)
Arrive 10:30 am local time (9:30 am Belize)

From Chetumal, Mexico to San Pedro, Belize
Depart 3:30 pm local time (2:30 pm Belize)
Arrive 4:00 pm local time (5:00 pm Mexico)

As always for international trips, travelers must arrive to the port 30 minutes prior to departure time. Please make a note of the above changes.

For any questions regarding scheduling and rates, please email reservations@belizewatertaxi.com or visit www.BelizeWaterTaxi.com for more information and to book online.

CANDY STORE IN CHETUMAL MEXICO

On our day trip to the Plaza las Americas Mall  in Chetumal, Mexico, they had a department store called Liverpool.  Liverpool was a very nice upscale department store and they had a sweets and candy store inside...I thought it was a very unusual way to display the candy and I was a little undecided whether I wanted to partake.  The candy was nicely displayed, but was just out in the open and it was also self-serve.  We decided to try a few pieces of the candy although we really didn't know what we were getting..which I later discovered was coconut, and I do not much care for, but Bill thought it was pretty good, so I let him have all of the candy.

Day trip to Chetumal, Mexico to Check out the Shopping September 2010

We decided to take a day trip to Chetumal, Mexico to visit the Sam’s Club Warehouse Store. It was about a 1 hour and 40 minute boat ride on the San Pedro Water Jet Express. The cost of the boat ride was $110BZ roundtrip each. We were met with the Mexican federalies with drug dogs at the border and after a quick search of our purses and bags and a trip around everyone by the drug sniffing dogs.…we were on our way.

The Sam’s Club Warehouse Store was only a few blocks walking distance from the dock. We arrived at the Sam’s Club to find it very clean and looked pretty much just like the one at home. We had googled the exchange of the Mexican peso to the American dollar before we left so we could calculate the prices. It was approximately 13.5 pesos to $1.00 American.

We then made a visit to the pharmacy at Sam’s. We wanted to ask about a medication that Bill has to have for his glaucoma. The pharmacist and tech did not speak English very well..so they asked us to write down the name of the medication. So I wrote it down and handed it to the pharmacist. He then picked it out off the shelf and handed it directly to me. I asked him if you needed a prescription and he said NO. We thought wow, no prescription. He calculated the cost and it was less than $30.00US. In the US the medication is approximately $300.00 and our co-pay is $60.00. So that was a great deal and so easy.

Before we left Sam’s…we filled up a large suitcase with supplies for Pedro’s Inn, which was where we were staying while in Belize. The owner of the inn, Peter needed garbage bags. So we loaded as many boxes of garbage bags as we could fit in the suitcase to take back with us. Everyone kind of works on the “buddy system” in Belize.

Our next stop was the Plaza las Americas. It is an American-style shopping center built and opened in 2004. It has many shops and large department stores such as Liverpool (which reminded me of a BELKS) and Chedraui supermarket.

The mall also has a food court where you can find some internationally recognized chains such as McDonalds and Domino's pizza, and some unique to Chetumal, such as Don Jose and Sergio's Pizza. You can also enjoy the cinema complex of the Mexican chain "Cinepolis", with 13 first class cinema rooms, including 2 macro screens that project the films. The majority of the films are in English with subtitles in Spanish, so those who speak little or no Spanish can enjoy them as well. Many of the expats (short for expatriate) in Belize usually make an overnight trip to Chetumal. They shop, go to dinner at a nice restaurant and see a movie before returning back to Belize.

San Pedro Water Jet Express

Mexican Border at Chetumal

Mexican Federalies

Drug Search

Sam's Club Warehouse

Plaza las Americas Mall

The Food Court

The Movie Theatre