Biking Around San Pedro Island, Belize  When you ride a bicycle
around the island San Pedro, Belize, you have a better chance of
becoming a local, to blend in, be accepted, hang with the guys
on the street, learn the life of where you are at. It is always
different and always the same as your own life back home.  In
San Pedro, your bike will not have gears- one speed, and you
will brake by pedaling backwards as you did when you were a kid.
It takes some getting used to. Your chain might fall off, then
you’ll  have to  yank it free and thread it over the wheel,
brown rusty muck covering your hands.  I learn to ride in the
gutters, by watching the locals, for the streets are paved with
stones and really really bumpy. In the gutters though, will be
puddles if it just rained, which it often does at this time of
the year. So in a very short amount of time, your back will be
sprayed with a line of white sandy drops.  No matter, so are the
locals.  Riding a bike allows me to wave easier, stop at a
roadside stand for