"La Isla Bonita" (really called San Ambergris) and Caye Caulker are the most visited places in Belize by tourists. If you've ever seen a picture of Belize it's more than likely the Blue Hole, which is a huge hole by Lighthouse Reef which goes down a couple of hundred metres, making the deep water look a beautiful blue colour and the surrounding shallow waters green. Most people visit Belize to dive the Blue Hole, as when you get about fifty metres or so down you'll see a few a different types of reef shark and possibly some stingrays. After spending a week in Belize we can't think of any other reason for coming to Belize, as it's not the nicest of places and from what we've seen of the population they are largely rude and aggressive, although some friends we've just met had also been to Belize and met some locals who invited them to pìcnics or parties off the street and fed them good food and rum, so maybe we were unlucky. San Pedro, the main town of San Ambergris is quite pleasant though, and the locals here seem a lot nicer and more relaxed than anywhere else in Belize. The Island itself is small, and is split in two after a hurricane blew away part of the island that linked north to south. The best way to travel is in golf carts, although being travellers we stuck to walking, so after a few days we were sick of nearly being run down by American tourists or locals driving erratically. The first night we spent at a small hostel called Ruby's, which gets a great write up in Lonely Planet but in truth is dirty, dingy and the owners had a real sad looking monkey tied to a post. The more we use Lonely Planet the more we think they must take bribes! The next days were spent down the road, where we could see the beach from our balcony and had a room with bathroom where you actually felt cleaner when you came out of it rather than dirtier like you did at Ruby's filth-hole! There is not much to do on the islands unless you dive, so the day's were largely quiet in town as everyone is off on boat trips, so we spent the days relaxing on the beach. Rich got burnt a bit on one day, which was actually a bit of a blessing as it meant we could use up some of the huge, weighty bottles of aloe vera we can't get through! After a few days of relaxing and eating some really good fish and chips in beer batter, we headed back to Belize City for one night at the Belcove Hotel, before flying out to South America. Getting back to Belize City we were disappointed to see that Hurricane Ernesto hadn't switched route and carried it away! The Belcove was a bit grotty, and as it was right on the river we had a friendly rat squeeking all night outside our window. After getting some early dinner we got back and locked our door for our 7pm curfew. It's rough out there! The next day we got to Belize Airport early for an American Airlines flight to Miami, and couldn't believe it when the Belize government charged us $65 to leave the damn place! After voicing our opinions we paid and decided never to return to Belize. On the way to the airport we even saw the Belize Tourist Board building which had huge security gates and barbed wire, which I think sums it up. We arrived in Miami around lunchtime and expected to see some debris from Ernesto, but it looked like it passed pretty uneventful. We spent about 7 hours in the airport, after again having to go through the lengthy and rude customs desk (address whilst in the US, Miami Airport, whats the point!?), collect our bags and then take them to another desk to save American Airlines a job! Arriving in Lima at 4.30am, we took a connecting flight to Cuzco at 7am, to complete the 24 hours worth of travel. Can't wait for the altitude sickness!