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Let me start by thanking my friends Christina and Vince for having a destination wedding and choosing Belize. I've been wanting to get back to Belize for 15 years and they helped get me there! Emails about this trip had been circulating for 6 months, so when the week came, everyone was ecstatic. Nick , Jamie , CF and myself were in a suite together at Athens Gate Resort on Ambergris Caye . It was a short Tuesday- Saturday trip, but oh so fun with all 28 of us. Belize has Cayes that follow the coast line and help protect the main land, much like North Carolina has the Outer Banks .  These Cayes protect the Belize Barrier Reef. It's the longest reef in the Western Hemisphere, and second largest in world, spreading down over 200 miles of coastal land. There are more than 200 cayes, cays or cayos that fall under the Belizan Islands. The country is often referred to "Mother nature's best kept secret". It has pristine beaches, hundreds of islands, jungles,