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There are beautiful beaches in Belize. I've posted some pictures of them in the photographic forum if you want to have a look.

Not as good as Aruba but better than Dominica. Like Cancun only narrower and much less crowded. Usually narrow, somewhat covey, finely crushed coral white sand on the cayes, regular sand on the mainland coasts. Topless and nude sunbathing not really acceptible unless you can find a secluded place somwhere N or S of town. Belize is more about what's in the water and under the water than the beaches. But there are some very beautiful beach spots.

Belize has Peaceful, warm, friendly People like no where else. It was the deciding factor for me to settle here.
All the travelers I talk with mention guns, violence and Hate in places they have experienced around the world. I have to stop every once and a while and be thankful Belize is full of colorful happy smiling faces...and so so beaches.

Define a beach???
In Oregon it isn't a beach unless it is at least a half mile wide - some places more than a mile with sand dunes so high you can't see the water. It is crowed if you can see anyone else. But the water is so @#$% cold you turn blue in minutes.
Northern California, if you can find a spot where the cliffs don't meet the water is covered with rocks. You are lucky if they are little rocks.
In Florida the beaches are flat and the water is so warm it can make you nauseous and the water is so full of salt you can't sink.
Here, on the north side, we have a sea wall and 35' x 150' of white sand beach in front of the pool. This is raked every day. There is seldom more than one or two people on the beach and less than six people in the pool.
Remember the old joke about in prison where the same jokes had been told so many times they just assigned them numbers? I think we need to do the same for some questions like "beaches". LOL Just joking - you can laugh now - or groan.

Tell the truth ,are you in your hammock with your laptop?
is your hammock on the beach?

Oh - Elbert - why do I have to tell the truth?
Truth is my hammock is broken and my laptop is at the other house.

We've stayed on beautiful beaches, like flamenco on Culebra, Waikiki, respective 7 mile beaches in Negril and Grand Cayman. Beautiful, beautiful, but truth be told, we never spent much time at all actually in the water. That is, unless there was some surf, then we turned into 10 year olds and couldn't get enough. Just my thoughts.

thus the mood?

my opinion only:

i like harriette's point of defining a beach.

i dont like the water much except to stare at, boat on or snorkel in. i'm not a swimmer. i define a beach as what it looks like when i stare at it.

to this, belize has gorgeous beaches. clean, silky white sand lined with swaying palm trees, a sea with unlimited hues of aqua. often i am the only one on them.

this is placencia:
http://www.pbase.com/sweetjane/image/79688025

this is ambergris (south)
http://www.pbase.com/sweetjane/image/18066891

the beaches just arent great to swim off. the beauty and serenity is an easy trade off for me.

The Placencia pic is in Maya Beach. Several miles North of Placencia village.