Sign up for a day-long snorkel trip / beach barbeque - the place you stay should be able to help arrange it. We went with Dino from Paradise Resort. 2-3 snorkel stops in the morning. While you snorkel, the captain gets fresh fish for the lunch. Lunch was up north, towards the Basil Jones area. Follow up lunch with a walk along the beach, another snorkel stop and delivery back to the dock... Wonderful day.

Take the water taxi to Caye Caulker and spend the day. Take a day trip snorkeling with one of the guides from CC - if money is a concern, you can pay for the taxi, do a manatee trip from CC and still save $$ over the cost of leaving from AC. Or, do a local trip - the CC guides are perhaps more "bohemian" than the AC guides - try Johnny -long curly hair, ear and nipple rings and a great sail boat.

Go to one of the local churches - you'll meet real Belizeans - open, friendly and you'll probably be invited to someone's home. You'll see how happy and content people can be without the trivial "necessities of life" we're consummed with in the US. It'll change your perspective in a big way.