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Saving Long Caye from Coconut Disease in the 90′s
Posted on February 6, 2012 in 1,620 + posts, Guest posts, Travel, Useful Information
As promised in Last weeks Belize History and San Pedro Weather post, here is the coconut disease piece from Lucy Wallingford. I have really been enjoying reading about her and Cully’s history and the challenges they faced back in the day. When my partner Cully Erdman and I were just getting started running Slickrock Adventures [...]
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Weather lore
Posted on February 5, 2012 in 1,620 + posts, Living in Belize, San Pedro Belize weather, Water fun
Yesterday was cold gray and wet. Not the best weather to be thinking about a sunset cruise or a wedding [happening at Grand Caribe] I started putting my thoughts out there to have a nice day for the wedding party and our boat crew and it seems to have worked so far. I woke up [...]
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Marco Gonzalez Maya Ruin Site Ambergris Caye
Posted on February 4, 2012 in 1,620 + posts, Belize tours, Useful Information, Volunteer Belize
It’s not easy organizing a major volunteer effort from another country but Heather is pulling it together and in spite of the enormous challenges ahead of her. She managed to round up 8 of us to go collect and bag mangroves that were brought back to Karina’s house in San Mateo for future transplanting to [...]
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Belize History and San Pedro Weather
Posted on January 31, 2012 in 1,620 + posts, San Pedro Belize weather, Travel, Useful Information
Just as I started typing Cowboy Doug’s rain report below it started pouring and I had to go close all the windows on the north and east sides of the house. It is a chilly morning, San Pedro Weather Live shows 76.2 f or 26c – cold enough for me to trade in pool time [...]
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Mama Vilma’s poolside party
Posted on January 30, 2012 in 1,620 + posts, Fiesta, Volunteer Belize
Shelly, Eve and Cheryl’s vision of a night pool party fundraiser worked out beautifully, right down to getting the rain out of the way in the morning. The smiling faces, full seats and packed bar were a great measure of their success. Wave Music’s Gerry Badillo was our announcer letting us know where the fashions [...]
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Events Leading up to the Fundraiser
Posted on January 28, 2012 in 1,620 + posts, Fiesta, Volunteer Belize
Organizing a large fundraiser is no small thing, especially when it comes to preparation. I can just imagine how Shelly, Eve and Cheryl must be feeling right now with all their hard work, hopefully cat naps are in process. I have been in process getting ready for the fundraiser since Monday with blogging a first [...]
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Piranha tech day
Posted on January 27, 2012 in 1,620 + posts, Living in Belize
Today is turning into a piranha tech day – piranha is my new term for grouchy thanks to Dr Al. Trying to take a document picture on my Olympus Stylus Tough camera, it keeps coming out fuzzy, I have absolutely no idea why and the manual is no help. I also noticed my delete button [...]
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Record High
Posted on January 26, 2012 in 1,620 + posts, Living in Belize, Useful Information
Today was a record high of 23 people at Eileen’s aquafit class and Tuesday 22. I have really missed my social pool time and find that getting back to class has really been helping my foot recover even though I cannot make it through a full one yet. If you have not already done so [...]
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A Four day Belize Itinerary
Posted on January 25, 2012 in 1,620 + posts, Travel, Useful Information
Been busy this morning getting ready for Saturday nights big fundraiser fashion show for Mama Vilma’s at the San Pedro fitness club. It is going to be a great party, I picked out my dress and have been wearing it around the house all morning. Luckily for Cindy and Cherie below us, my foot is [...]
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Mark your Calendar
Posted on January 23, 2012 in 1,620 + posts, Volunteer Belize
Mark your calendar, The committee for the Mama Vilma’s Family Home is hosting the second annual fundraiser on Saturday January 28 at 7pm – doors will open at 6pm It will be held at the San Pedro Fitness Club pool. Tickets are $25.00 per person and Complimentary snacks will be served and cash bar available. [...]
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Belize Blog update and other news
Posted on January 21, 2012 in 1,620 + posts, Eat - Sleep - Drink, San Pedro Belize weather, Travel, Useful Information
I decided to make today a blog update day and catch up on some loose ends such as the recent Saga Cook off and other newsworthy things I have found in my recent research. Belize Blog update “Cable Woes and Cayo Connection Meeting” – Wealth Ships Why YOU Should Visit Belize in January – San [...]
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VIP Help Wanted
Posted on January 20, 2012 in 1,620 + posts, Useful Information, Volunteer Belize
Chatting with Heather on the coconut phone and finalizing what needs to be done before she sends out the press release we wrote yesterday. She sent me a link to an article on findings from the recent ground testing in San Mateo. I was not surprised at what was said and it makes Heathers vision [...]
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Sidetracked in San Pedro
Posted on January 19, 2012 in 1,620 + posts, San Pedro Belize weather, Volunteer Belize
We all know how easy it can be to get sidetracked in San Pedro. I often refer to it as Sesame Street because you are always guaranteed to run into someone you know and it can often cause delays in getting where you were headed. Today I did not even have to leave the house [...]
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Exploring Caves Branch River in the early 80s
Posted on January 18, 2012 in 1,620 + posts, Guest posts, Living in Belize, Travel
Today’s tacogirl blog guest post comes from Lucy Wallingford, she has a unique story to tell as she has been involved with Belize since the 80′s and seen a lot of changes over the years. You will be hearing more from Lucy in future guest posts. We first thought about running the Caves Branch River [...]
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Rain report by Cowboy Doug
Posted on January 17, 2012 in 1,620 + posts, San Pedro Belize weather, Useful Information
The rain was coming down hard around 7:00am and stopped pretty much as soon as tacoboy got up to close the windows it was hitting. Cowboy Doug of Cowboy’s Pool Bar & Grill at Grand Caribe Resort sent me his North Ambergris Caye range gauge report. Between 4:00 and 7:00am Sunday Morning rainfall was1 inch [...]
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GSM technology in Belize
Posted on January 15, 2012 in 1,620 + posts, Living in Belize, Useful Information
Of the major North American cell phone carriers AT&T and T-Mobile use GSM technology which requires a sim card and is compatible with Digicell Belize. Smart phone company requires an unlocked phone with CDMA 800 MHz or 850 MHz technology and will work with Verizon. Advantages of CDMA is that it does provide a better [...]
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San Pedro Belize Trivia update
Posted on January 13, 2012 in 1,620 + posts, Living in Belize
Belize trivia update – Wednesday night Paul Cindy and Andy went to Legends Trivia night and ended up getting smoked by the the Flaming Avocados. Last night at Roadkill bar trivia, Pedro, Andy and Cindy got done in by the Roadkillers. Not our teams week for trivia. While they were out having fun being smart [...]
