Caye Ambergris is Belize’s biggest island and likely its primary tourist destination too.

It’s like a bigger and busier version of Caye Caulker,although the pace is a little faster and you see cars!.

Much of the island is spotted with swamps and lagoons, apparently the swimming pools are often built above ground as the water table is so high.

There are lots of great bars and restaurants sat on stilts in the water providing fabulous views across the water.

One bar had a group of stingrays come explore the water underneath.

The Truck Stop is worth a visit, a street food market with a good vibe.

It is the seaweed season along much of the Caribbean sea coastline, most bars/hotels rake it up and away as it can be a bit stinky!

We hired a golf cart for our stay, the island is filled with speed locked golf carts chunking along the bumpy roads and surmounting mountain sized speed bumps.

We took the ‘road’ out to see Secret Beach, somewhere we had been told we should check out.

We went on a weekend so it was very busy with tourists and locals too.

It’s an interesting place, nothing like we had expected, there didn’t seem to be too much beach to speak of, but the waters were calm and inviting.

Most of the sunbeds and bars/restaurants hug the waters edge.

There are many tables and chairs in the water to help you cool down, with waiters joining you in the sea to serve you!

We didn’t go back, all a bit too much for us I’m afraid but we were pleased we did at least see it!

We decided to push the limits of our bodies and shook, rattled and rolled in the golf cart heading lold up north to find some more beaches.

It was nearly an hour’s ride, we had to stop a couple of times, just to take some time off the cart but also to enjoy the views.

Further north is where many of the more isolated resorts are based, offering an idyllic, if remote experience in this paradise.

Whilst we were researching Belize, we saw pictures of the Great Blue Hole, a giant marine sinkhole, so it got added to the ‘to do’ list.

We got back onto a small aircraft again to see this earthly wonder, Jacqui paid a small fee to sit up front for the one hour flight.

The Great Blue Hole is 40 miles from the mainland, we got to fly over more incredible atolls along the way, some were even inhabited.

Below you can see the mesoamerican barrier reef, it stretches from Honduras up to Mexico, some 625 miles long, the biggest reef in the northern hemisphere.

The plane flew over this wreck, which seems to have run aground on the reef and now slowly rots in place.

The Great Blue Hole is circular in shape, 318 m across and 124 m deep.

Made famous by Jacques Cousteau, its an ancient limestone cave that has collapsed over time.

This was our last stop in Belize, it’s been great to spend some time here seeing some of this wonderful country.

It’s been a fabulous beach break but next we get the ferry into Chetumal in Mexico to begin the final leg of this trip, and of course some more beach time too!