So what do you do when you have 3 nights in a carribean paradise?

We spent our time in Placencia enjoying our beachfront cabana, soaking up some sun under the palapas and getting to know some of the quirky locals. This included Big George, our friendly landlord who despite his rather rotund physic and the phat cigars he was constantly sucking back seemed concerned about where his next meal was coming from, and Kevin "but you know my name is not really Kevin", one of the local wheelers and dealers on the beach.

We also managed to squeeze in a day of snorkelling and diving on the Belizian barrier reef, which is the second largest in the world after our very own GBR. We were transported to Laughing Bird Caye, a small island on the reef with creamy white sand and crystal blue water, in a power boat with our captain yelling things like "now we're jammin" as we motored full speed ahead across the Carribean Sea.

The snorkelling was great, particularly as we had a guide that went with us and showed us many things an untrained eye would normally have missed like a school of baracuda, giant lobsters hiding in the coral and conch on the move across the sea bed in their shells...

And how do you end a day in paradise? With a lobster meal and some rum punch of course!