Mayan?
Local bus through a high hoop without using hands was played.
It was a deadly sport, too, as the winning captain lost his head in a sacrifice to the gods to celebrate victory.
The Mayans gave us chocolate, and San Ignacio-based AJAW Chocolate, which exports to Green & Black’s, runs tours and demonstrations showing cocoa growing and how the dried and roasted beans are ground between volcanic rocks to produce a bitter paste. Add a little honey, chilli, cinnamon and hot water and it becomes a delicious chocolate drink.
If you feel the need for speed, ziplining at the Bocawina Rainforest Resort & Adventures is a must. Whizzing through the jungle canopy between platforms hundreds of feet up in pouring rain was a real adrenaline rush (bocawina.com). The beachesand dreams.com chaacreek.com delta.com
No1lounges.com travelbelize.org downpour made the 2.5 mile course, taking in nine runs, even faster but with ex-british Army man Andy Aspinall and his guides, I always felt safe.
My nerves deserted me after the first run, so I sat in my harness and just enjoyed the rain in my face.
The step off the 35ft platform in a controlled drop at the end was pretty nerve-racking too.
It was a leap into the unknown – a bit like visiting Belize. But I’d happily repeat both experiences in a heartbeat.