Please allow me to piggyback off your thread and ask any FReepers who have been to Belize to chime in with their thoughts. Thanks!
Cruised to Belize. Another poor country. We did an excursion to some Mayan ruins which was excellent. An hour bus ride, 35 minute powerboat ride with lunch after. Oddly enough when we got back to town the bus had to detour due to a street protest of some sort. Hundreds of people in the streets. Would I go again? For sure.
I have never been to Belize, but it was a favorite spot for my father (who died in 1997). He LOVED all of the varieties of birds and plant life there, among other attractions.