Punta Gorda is the most southern town of any notable size in Belize and was to be my weekend home for the next three weeks while I volunteer/dive with Reef CI in the Sapodilla Cayes. On my first weekend in PG a local bar called The Bamboo Chicken was organising 'The musical event of the year - Punta Rock'. A ticketed event with live acts from such big names as Big G, Chico Remoras and the Kulture Boyz, not to be missed! It was interesting to say the least. Pre...

San Pedro Columbia (confusingly known locally and as just Columbia) is one of many traditional Maya villages dotted around the Toledo district of Belize. All the homes are built out of either bamboo or loosely fitted planks of timber with palm thatched roofs, an open fire used to cook on and hammocks dotted around as beds. The women all wear brightly coloured handmade dresses and weave beautiful baskets and make jewellery to sell in the towns. The men are mainl...

After chilling in Hopkins for a couple of days I teamed up with a Canadian couple, Ollie and Naomi and their friend Aaron who had planned to hire a car and head south towards Punta Gorda taking in a few new cultures along the way. This worked well for me because I wanted to get off the beaten path again and they could drop me in Punta Gorda! In typical Caribbean fashion the car didn't turn up until gone 1pm so we headed straight to Punta Gorda (PG) and stayed...

The bus journey from Belmopan to Dangriga took me along the magnificent Hummingbird Highway. Skirting the eastern edge of the Mountain Pine Ridge, the narrow highway meanders through lush scenery and across vast flood plains, which provide a spectacular backdrop for the 2 hour ride; easily the most beautiful road I have ever driven along. I arrived at Dangriga late that Saturday evening, the town was shutting up for the night and the only hostel in town was a...

Reluctant to leave the island paradise I had called home for the past week, I decided that there was still a lot of Belize for me to see and I'd best say goodbye to Caye Caulker. Dave was also leaving that day but as he had a few hours spare first we decided to visit the Belize Zoo. Kelly a friend we met a couple of nights earlier joined us for the day trip too. Someone along my travels had mentioned the zoo to me and described it 'as if you're the one in the...