San Pedro, Belize

From Bacalar, we caught a two hour ferry across to San Pedro in Belize. San Pedro is a beachside, tourist area. Unfortunately it was also affected by the sargassum just like Mexico so it smelt pretty bad. On our first day, we hired a golf buggy and headed out to Secret Beach. Here, there were plenty of beach side bars where you could sit in the ocean and order drinks. Some American tourists also gave us their floaties, so we spent the afternoon floating around and drinking cocktails.

The next day we went out on a snorkel trip. The first stop was to Shark Alley, where we got to snorkel with dozens of nurse sharks. They were so close that we could touch them. Our guide fed the sharks which attracted them all around us - it was scary but so so amazing.

Our next stop was over to Caye Caulker, which is a tourist island with no roads, only shops, cafes and bars. It was extremely hot here so we just had lunch and visited some of the shops.

The last stop of the trip, we stopped at Hol Chan, which is part of the barrier reef out from Belize. It is the second largest barrier reef in the world. The snorkelling was so amazing and our guide let us stay out for an extra hour, so we got to see so many different animals at sunset.

The next day we decided to do another snorkelling trip out to Mexico Rocks and Coral Gardens. This trip wasn’t as good as our guide was quite rushed - but we still got to see lots of brightly coloured fish and coral.

Our final day, we caught the ferry back to Bacalar and picked up our car.Read more