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Airstrip to Belizean Shores can be done on a golf cart, but the road between Capricorn and Captain Morgan's (just south of Belizean Shores) is pretty bad, so if you are planning on arriving on a golf cart with family, luggage and an open bottle of Belikin Beer, you might want to reconsider and have the good people at Belizean Shores hook you up with a golf cart rental, once you're there.

Why can't all the resorts up north all chip in and get the "road" paved or leveled out or filled in? It would be to their benefit, seems to me...

Denny - No doubt it is due to the high cost of fill. The delivery to the north more than doubles the cost and without the very best (and very expensive) hardcore for road building much of the material will simply disappear into the low areas. Not all the road frontage abuts the resorts either. There are many properties privately owned and often by absentee owners who won't contribute to improvements. The resorts can't be expected to foot the bill for everyone. It's the same problem we have with keeping the beaches clean.

ok, that's makes sense.

Hm...I thought you would have known that Denny.

But, now we all do

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So here is another -- could one, would one, should one (or 2 who like to have fun) hazard a cart on these treacherous roads up north? Will the cart get stuck? Mr Malibu and I will be safely ensconced at Portofino but must eat din-din at Casa Picasso, Papi's etc......and don't want to depend on water taxi.

We did it last year - but don't know how much difference this year's rain has made in the roads - guess we're about to find out

Welcome back NYG!

NY... it was kinda wishful thinking, but then I also realized if the roads were ever paved, then it might put the water taxi's out of biz... unless instead of a road, maybe they could build a small canal for the boats?

We stayed at Journey's End last February, rented a golf cart and took the road north up and back. Glad we did it, gave some kids a ride to school, had lots of fun. But, we really didn't want to do it again. You take a pretty good pounding because of all the holes, and it sounds like it's worse now. Both of us had a headache and were forced to spend a few hours just relaxing on the beach with a cold one. :-) Also, it takes a lot of time, because you can't go very fast at all, especially in the dark coming home from dinner. Figure maybe an hour to get home? I'm guessing. Oh, and you definitely want to be wearing a good bra, as opposed to your postage-stamp bikini top.

Maybe you can rent a cart for one day, and then extend it if you're having fun with it. That way you don't reserve/pay for more than 24 hours until you decide for sure.

I am here -- roads are very passable to Portofino.... Mr Malibu steps on gas and doesn't let up - that is the answer. Meanwhile -- I've got my heavy-duty sports bra on and am slapping mosquitos! Bad bad bad mosquitos. Never had to use bug spray before.....