Heading East on the Hummingbird Highway... We headed back to coast for our last few days in Belize, crossing the entire country from west to east on one of the most incredible bus journeys through the jungle-coated Mayan mountains. Our first stop was a Garifuna town called Dangriga, the largest town in the Toledo district of South Belize. We got off the bus to boiling heat, and cheked into the hostel as fast as poss to try and finally catch some sun! Unfortun...

We arrived in San Ignacio latish Friday afternoon after nobody was in any state for the 7am start we had intended for our trip across the width of Belize. The town is lovely and it was fairly refreshing to be back in comparitive reality after going so slow in Caye Caulker! San Ignacio is surrounded by things to do so we decided to do the tourist thing and visit the tour company about our options for the next day. We settled on a day in the Tapir Mountain Reser...

'Welcome to Paradise' Caye Caulker is like something out of a disney film. People had said to us beforehand 'it's a pretty laid back place, if you want to chill out for a few days' - we had had a pretty hectic run since we got into Mexico so chilling out sounded perfect.. 'Chilled out' is not the right way to describe the island. We got off the water taxi in a haze of blinding sunlight to the standard reggae beats and were met instantly by a load of rastafari...

'Welcome to Paradise' Caye Caulker is like something out of a disney film. People had said to us beforehand 'it's a pretty laid back place, if you want to chill out for a few days' - we had had a pretty hectic run since we got into Mexico so chilling out sounded perfect.. 'Chilled out' is not the right way to describe the island. We got off the water taxi in a haze of blinding sunlight to the standard reggae beats and were met instantly by a load of rastafari...

Belize. Crossing the Mexican border was the most instant culture change you can imagine. On our way from Chetumal in Mexico to Orange walk we passed through communities of multi coloured wooden houses on stilts, plenty of mown lawns, and hundreds and hundreds of palm trees. It was the instant feeling of being in the Caribbean. We all fell in love with Belize almost instantly because they have somehow brewed the best beer in the whole world - Belikin. No idea...