I went to belize when i graduated high school with one of my best friends for a week. We stayed on Ambergris Caye. I've been wanting to go back ever since. We originally went to go scuba diving but ended up spending all our money on alchohol (the drinking age is 18 but they dont care if your younger anyways, and fresh outta high school we took advantage of it).
Remember to bring some sunscreen. I was living in florida at the time so i figured i could handle a little sun with minimal sunblock and um.. mistake.
If you are inexperienced with diving, be sure to get a reputable guide or someone that really knows their shit to go with you. Some people we met down there went on some dive trips with the "guides" and were pretty sketched out by the way they handled things and the equipment. None of them even had a depth gauge that worked properly, and didnt seem to educated on the dive tables.
Even if you dont dive there is awesome snorkling. On ambergis caye the barrier reef is like 500 yards off the beach and it was inexpensive to get a guide with a boat to take you to the interesting spots.
Also took a trip to the mainland to see some mayan ruins. Was a pretty nice experience cept it rained the whole boatride over and our boat didnt have a cover. Part of the package was stopping at the maruba resort someone mentioned earlier in this thread.
One thing Ill never forget about that place was some of the liquer they had. All kinds of rum with dead things fermenting in the bottle. Scorpions, and other mean looking things. The bartenders at maruba gave me and my friend two free shots of 180 proof viper rum (you can guess whats in that bottle). Shoulda known something was up with a bartender handing you a free drink trying (and failing) to keep a straight face. Im never one to turn down a free shot so I went for it anyways. Felt worse than moonshine afterwards but actually tasted great.
But man that trip rocked. I went in the summer time (hot as hell) when the tourist season has died down. Met a few americans there and partied with em the whole time.
Ive heard in mainland Belize the natives arent to friendly with white foreigners. On Ambergis Caye, however, they love ya (tourism is what keeps that place alive).
Go have fun, and dont spend all your money on hookers (you'll get propositioned alot by pimps).
