Others come for the education. Added to this mix is a sprinkling of international wayfaring strangers who wander in and never leave. Resulting is a people of storybook character with an uncommon tolerance for one another. If the country is famous for anything, it would be diving along its out cayes and ecotourism inland. Belize is home of the longest barrier reef in the Western Hemisphere.
Diving is unquestionably spectacular.
The cayes along the reef are picture perfect - white sandy beaches and coconut palms. The interior of the mainland is no less known and equally as amazing. In the north, the land is mostly flat. The southern regions encompass the rugged Maya Mountains. Rivers cut through the land, snaking with the gentle flow of raw nature.