:type aws_access_key_id: string
    :param aws_access_key_id: Your AWS Access Key ID

    :type aws_secret_access_key: string
    :param aws_secret_access_key: Your AWS Secret Access Key

    :rtype: :class:`boto.ec2.connection.EC2Connection`
    :return: A connection to Amazon's EC2

def connect_ec2(aws_access_key_id=None, aws_secret_access_key=None, **kwargs):
    """
    :type aws_access_key_id: string
    :param aws_access_key_id: Your AWS Access Key ID

    :type aws_secret_access_key: string
    :param aws_secret_access_key: Your AWS Secret Access Key

    :rtype: :class:`boto.ec2.connection.EC2Connection`
    :return: A connection to Amazon's EC2
    """
    from boto.ec2.connection import EC2Connection
    return EC2Connection(aws_access_key_id, aws_secret_access_key, **kwargs)