Most people get around Ambergris Caye by foot, bike, or golf cart. Just about the only non-golf carts on the roads were either beverage trucks or taxi vans, with very few trucks and cars.
^The streets in San Pedro are all laid with hexagonal bricks, and farther away from town some streets are just sand. People generally drive on the right, but there aren't any traffic signals, hardly any traffic signs, and everyone basically drives however and wherever they want on the road. At first it was unnerving riding a bike through the street because everyone drives/rides/walks in such close proximity, but then I realized it's safer than here in Boise because everyone's paying attention and looking for bikes and pedestrians, since they're all sharing the road constantly.
^Yes, that is an H3 Hummer golf cart.
^Taxi, cyclist and golf carts all sharing the road.
^The rental bikes there were all pretty bad. I came expecting rusted old beach cruisers that were built solidly, like my old 50s Schwinn cruiser, but these were all rusted, rickety, cheapo bikes. The most common one I saw was something called the "Nankon Hurricane" (male and female versions pictured here.) On one of the cruisers I rented the steering was loose; at first I just thought the handlebars were a little crooked, but then as I was dismounting the wheel turned to a 90-degree angle with the bars still straight. After that I gave up on rental bikes and got around on foot instead.
Most people get around Ambergris Caye by foot, bike, or golf cart. Just about the only non-golf carts on the roads were either beverage trucks or taxi vans, with very few trucks and cars.
^The streets in San Pedro are all laid with hexagonal bricks, and farther away from town some streets are just sand. People generally drive on the right, but there aren't any traffic signals, hardly any traffic signs, and everyone basically drives however and wherever they want on the road. At first it was unnerving riding a bike through the street because everyone drives/rides/walks in such close proximity, but then I realized it's safer than here in Boise because everyone's paying attention and looking for bikes and pedestrians, since they're all sharing the road constantly.
^Yes, that is an H3 Hummer golf cart. 
^Taxi, cyclist and golf carts all sharing the road.
^The rental bikes there were all pretty bad. I came expecting rusted old beach cruisers that were built solidly, like my old 50s Schwinn cruiser, but these were all rusted, rickety, cheapo bikes. The most common one I saw was something called the "Nankon Hurricane" (male and female versions pictured here.) On one of the cruisers I rented the steering was loose; at first I just thought the handlebars were a little crooked, but then as I was dismounting the wheel turned to a 90-degree angle with the bars still straight. After that I gave up on rental bikes and got around on foot instead.
