John,
Yeah, the Belize material is all mine. fishing for photos sounded like a deal to me, so I went for it!
I know nothing about software and what was used to make those sites, just that a friend of each guide did the site for free.
A friend did my site for me (markpix.com) for free as well, and he is not a web designer or anything, just someone who is a bit more tolerant of these machines than I am.
I think one thing that all of the most appealing sites out there have in common is visual simplicity. The more details that are provided, the less important each detail becomes. As an example, check out
www.kevinmodera.com I count Kevin as a good friend but I still don't know if I've seen everything on his website yet, way too much info to efficiently find anything.
If any of you can create a website that actually comes up when you type it in, you have done something that I will never be able to do, so congratulations, ya done good!