EXPLORING NORTH

The other day we decided to explore the north end of the island.  We had no idea we would end up riding our bikes over fifteen miles—but what a lot of new things we saw.

I have said this before--there are three streets that go north and south—Front, Middle, and Back—named for their proximity to the ocean.  Front street is one way north, Middle street is one way south and Back Street is for two way traffic.  Front and Middle streets are very narrow with just enough room for the golf carts to park diagonally and for the other golf carts and bikes to get by.

The interesting thing is that from the 1^st to the 15^th of the month they park on one side of the street and from the 16^th to the end of the month they park on the other side.  It works well for everybody.  Maybe Fayetteville could use this idea for Dickson Street and the surrounding area.

Once you make your way through town, you have to cross this new bridge to get to the north end of the island.  (It used to be a barge that had a rope and pulley system that you pulled on by hand to get vehicles across.)

It is a toll bridge--$1Belize per bicycle each way and $2.50 per golf cart each way.  They do sell monthly passes.  Part of the money goes to maintaining the bridge ,of course, but most of it goes to the city and the schools.

Once you cross the bridge, the first thing you see is the movie theater.

It is a nice building but they do not use it.  We were told they have had two concerts there but no movies.  After they built it they could not decide on how much to charge for movies since you can rent first run movies here very cheaply.  No one would pay the extra amount just to go to the theater.

There is much more new construction on the north end of the island and you see a lot of new condos there.

We didn’t know it but we had just started our journey.  More tomorrow.