We had a couple of weeks in Belize a couple of years ago. Caught the express bus from Cancun down to Chetumal then walked to the other bus station and caught the chicken bus which took us down to Belize city, which has to be the scaryest looking place I’ve been too.
Other chicken buses were used to travel around and up to San Ignacio. We took the water taxi to Ambergris Caye but took the tiny plane back to Corozal. All transport was just walk-up, nothing booked.
The tiny plane was the most dangerous thing of the trip – I’m 6 foot so nearly a yard taller than most locals. I was sat in the front of the plane with Mrs BigJohn & daughter in the back 2 seats. As we were going down the runway the pilot started slapping my leg and yabbering in Creole. It turns out that the footrest that I was trying to move into a better position was actually the rudder. 😯