Travel memories: A honeymoon in Roatan,1992

After a brief visit to New Orleans, we flew via Belize, landing at that country’s combination of primary airport and British Army jungle warfare training base. The base was prominently placed at one end of the runway where our jet made its U-turn to taxi back to the small terminal. Tents, planes, helicopters, armored vehicles and numerous strapping young British soldiers were about. As our plane came to rest outside the terminal, it was immediately surrounded by Belize security forces carrying machine guns while a few passengers deplaned and a few others boarded. We wondered if someone forgot to tell us something as we stayed in our seats until the flight resumed in short order.