Arriving boats usually dock at the Coral Beach or Texaco piers on the front (reef) side of the island, though the Thunderbolt docks at Cesario's at the back of the island at the end of Black Coral Street. Arriving at either dock , you're pretty much in the centre. If you land at the airport , there are golf buggies and taxis to take you to your hotel, though it's only a short walk to anywhere in town. Formerly called Front, Middle and Back streets, the town's three main streets , running parallel to the beach, have been given names in keeping with the new up market image - Barrier Reef Drive, Pescador Drive and Angel Coral Street - but in any case, it's impossible to get lost.

It's always worth picking up a copy of The San Pedro Sun or Ambergris Today, the island's tourist newspapers, available from most hotels and restaurants, while San Pedro's own radio station, Reef Radio, broadcasts good music and news around forthcoming events.

To arrange international flights and trips throughout the country, try Travel and Tour Belize, on Coconut Drive just north of the airstrip. You needn't worry about changing money , as travelers' cheques and US dollars are accepted - even preferred - everywhere; banks on Front Street will give cash advances. San Pedro's post office  is in the Alijua building opposite the Atlantic Bank (best for cash advances). There are two laundries on Pescador Drive.

Corozal, Orange Walk & North
Altun Ha
Practicalities
Community Baboon Sanctuary

Corozal
Arrival & info
Santa Rita and   Cerros
Crooked Tree Wildlife
Sanctuary
Corozal, Belize practicalities

Orange Walk
Mennonites in Belize

Explore Orange Walk
Maya sites:
Cuello
Lamanai
Getting to Lamanai
Nohmul
Rio Bravo Conservation Area
La Milpa Field Station
Sartaneja Peninsula

Northern cayes and attols
Travel details
History of the cayes

Exploring Northern
Cayes & attols

Ambergris Cave
Eating, drinking, nightlife
Restaurants
Bars and clubs
Arrival & information

The cayes and the reef
Caye and the reef
Diving
     Snorkeling and
     other trips
Safeguarding the barrier reef

Ambergris Caye
Hol Chan reserve
Caye Caulker
Arrival and information
Eating, drinking

Explore Caye Caulker
Northern Attols

South
Belmopan South
- Travel details

Exploring South
Cayes and the coast
Dangriga
- Arrival and
  information
- History of
  the Garífuna
Moving on from Dangriga
Eating and drinking