Belize City - Swing Bridge 28.5.2017

Swing Bridge

This heart and soul of Belize City life, crossed by about everyone here just about every days, is said to be only remaining manually operated bridge of its type in the world (rarely opened).  It is a product of Liverpool's ironworks, installed in 1923 

Haulover Creek separates the downtown commercial area (focused on Albert St) from the more genteel Fort George district to the northeast.

After crossing the bridge, I walked along the Albert Street.  However, it was deserted on Sunday afternoon.

Stair always installed at the outside of the house

A modern Wesley Methodist Church

Familiar post box - a colonial style

St John Anglican Cathedral
The oldest Anglican church in Central America.  It was built in 1812-20 using bricks brought from Britain.  Notable things to see inside are the ancient pipe organ and the Baymen-era tombstones that tell their own history of Belize's early days and the toll taken on the city's early settlers.
However, it seemed closed and I did not get inside.

Government House (closed on Sunday)
This handsome two-story wooden colonial mansion served as the residence of Britain's superintendents and governors of Belize from the building's construction in 1814 until 1996.  It is one of the oldest houses  in Belize and displays modern Belizean art.
It was here, at midnight on 21-9-1981 that the Union Jack was ceremonially replaced with the Belizean flag to mark the birth of independent Belize.  Displayed in the gardens is the tender from Baron Bliss' yacht.