What can I say about Belize? The Sun, the white sandy beaches, the great food? None of those because I haven't been there yet.
What I do know about my dream destination is that it's the home of the 3rd largest barrier reef in the world, but is perhaps the 1st in terms of being relatively undiscovered. I'll explain my thought processes here because given the amount of people the visit per year you may well be confused by this statement. Only 10% of this reef has been researched and regularly dived by Scientists and recreational divers. The main touristy hot spots.
This 10% is home to:
70 varieties of Hard Corals
36 of soft corals
and 500 fish species
the other 90% has yet to be researched in depth and will probably contain much much more.
The reef system belonging to Belize is 186 miles of underwater glory but is only part of the total 560 miles of the total Meso-American reef system.
The amazing dive destinations that we know about for certain contain among them the world famous 'Blue Hole' a true pilgrimage for the diving enthusiast.
Charles Darwin knew all about it when in 1842 he called it "the most remarkable reef in the west indies"
And who am I to contradict Darwin??
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