Translation of belie in Spanish

All sorts of people were sitting in the restaurant, locals as well as foreigners. One could see that the city had some modern places too and that it was not the Vietnam we had imagined.
They were floating in self made tubs and rowed with sticks. When they reached our boat they tried to sell us beverage. We vigorously denied them access to our boat. It just did not help.
The next day we had to take the bus in order to get back to the airport in Calama. When we arrived at the airport was empty and no counter was open yet. We had to wait for 4 hours.