dilemma. Is $19 BZ too much to pay for a pint of Ben and Jerry's? Before I
tell you how I answered that very important question, let me explain how
amazing it is to be in the big city.
Belize City, a bustling metropolis of 35,000 people, has so much to offer.
Besides the only two fully functioning traffic lights in the country, Belize
City is also home to the only movie theatre, casino, put-put course (which
is now a bar), Indian restaurant, and grocery store that accepts debit
cards. I have wireless internet in my hotel room and I can buy soy milk and
shredded mini-wheats at the grocery store. All amazing things, but it is
all a matter of what a person is willing to pay for such luxuries.
So, back to the freezer case at the 2nd fanciest grocery store in the
country. $19BZ can buy a lot of things in this little country: 4 plates of
BBQ chicken, a bus ticket to Punta Gorda, a water-taxi to Caye Caulker, 57
tacos, 4 hours on the internet, and apparently one pint of Vermont's finest
ice cream. But I just couldn't do it, even though Chunky Monkey and Phish
Food did everything in their power to convince me that $8.50 US was a good
deal. So I said no and moved on. A mistake, perhaps, but some principles
just can't be compromised, no matter how tasty the temptation.
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