100 Places To See In Your Lifetime-Heaven On Earth#40-Belize-"A tiny nation bordering Mexico, Guatemala and the Caribbean, this was once the center of the Mayan civilization. Despite its size there is a tremendous variety of flora and fauna, and some of the friendliest people one could ever meet. There are rainforest and savanna, atolls, and estuaries, but the cardinal calling card for Belize is its extravagant barrier reef, the longest in the Western Hemisphere."