Archive for August, 2010
Who is Forrest Jones?
Posted on August 31, 2010 in 1,620 + posts, Spotlight
I was excited when Forrest agreed to do a spotlight. He is a very interesting person and I knew what he had to say would be good reading and was looking forward to learning more about him. Feel free to leave comment for Forrest and say hi. What’s your claim to fame? Being able to [...]
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Athens Gate
Posted on August 29, 2010 in 1,620 + posts
As we continue on the Resort crawl our next stop is Athens Gate – which is a few minutes north of Pelican Reef and still in the 3 miles south range. It is just as nice as Pelican Reef but in a different way – who ever decorated this one likes stripes and interesting prints. [...]
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Southbound to Belize Paradise
Posted on August 28, 2010 in 1,620 + posts
Coming at you like from Pelican Reef Villas. So glad to be here and just be able to take a break for a while. This past week has been overwhelming and fantastic new ideas regarding San Mateo keep coming up all the time. Going to go celebrate with a sandwich in a min and some [...]
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Field Trip
Posted on August 27, 2010 in 1,620 + posts
The whirlwind continues I am taking the girls up north on a field trip today. We will go catch the boat at 10:am to Sueno del Mar meet up with Carole who is already there and then do the mile walk up the beach to Coleen and Ricks place. Neither Cathy or Heather have been [...]
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The big Day
Posted on August 26, 2010 in 1,620 + posts
It’s 5:45 am – having a hard time snapping my head into place. Today is the big day starting with the morning show. After that hoping we get some down time before we have to go pick up Lucien Chung from the Planetary Coral Reef foundation and waste water Garden rep for Belize. We are [...]
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Belize History in the Making
Posted on August 25, 2010 in 1,620 + posts
This is a very interesting and important time in the history of Ambergris Caye and Belize - last night Heather Cathy and I literally ‘shot the shit’ and had a great brainstorming session. They told me all about their day and by the end of our chat we had filled in a couple of new [...]
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Volunteer Vacation
Posted on August 24, 2010 in 1,620 + posts
Heather and Cathy two of the Direct Abundance girls are back and following the ever popular trend of voluntourism by taking a fabulous tropical vacation and volunteering while here. According to a poll conducted by Condé Nast Traveler and MS-NBC – only fourteen percent of Americans have taken a volunteer holiday, but fifty-five percent say [...]
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Susan Carter – Carib Pro
Posted on August 23, 2010 in 1,620 + posts, Spotlight
As I mentioned in last Friday’s post about Wine de Vine wine night I met Susan Carter Manager of Carib Pro. I found her very interesting and asked if she would like a Spotlight on tacogirl – not only did she graciously agree she returned my questions super fast. What’s your claim to fame? I [...]
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Back it up
Posted on August 21, 2010 in 1,620 + posts
I am behind at backing up my computer due to not being ready to take the time to organize it all. I kept getting the feeling of not letting it sit to long so my perfect solution – chuck it all on my 16 gig flash drive for now and then at least it is [...]
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Fast Moving Clouds
Posted on August 20, 2010 in 1,620 + posts
The clouds to the north east this morning were mountainous – Huge and fluffy. I took a few pictures came in to see what they looked like on my lap top went out to take a few more and it had completely changed to blanket looking clouds within 5 minutes. The Weather here in Belize [...]
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Question?
Posted on August 19, 2010 in 1,620 + posts
Question for everyone – Why is it than often when something our way comes that we have been asking for we get all skeptical and start looking for holes when it happens? Been babysitting Molly and Basil since Sunday. Molly has been staying here but we left Basil at home and just go over there [...]
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Belize Luxury
Posted on August 17, 2010 in 1,620 + posts
Flash back to Sunday – We really needed a quiet break from it all and wanted to try somewhere new but not go to far way. I could not think of a better choice than The Phoenix Resort – a luxury resort within walking distance to downtown San Pedro. Checked in a bit after noon [...]
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What shall we do with a drunken sailor?
Posted on August 16, 2010 in 1,620 + posts, Guest posts, Travel, Water fun
I met Jason on Expat Blog [I think] and he was agreeable doing a guest post – I gave him my email and left it at that. Then one day not to long after I got an email from him and as promised he had written about a funny experience he has 20 years ago [...]
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San Pedro Poker Crawl
Posted on August 15, 2010 in 1,620 + posts, Eat - Sleep - Drink
Last nights poker crawl was a blast. We started out at Roadkill – once everyone was signed in and had a drink or two Matt and Robbie got the cards ready and one by one a card was picked for all the crawlers and written down on paper then off we went like a herd [...]
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San Pedro Social Club
Posted on August 13, 2010 in 1,620 + posts, Useful Information
Tonight was a first for me at one of the well known San Pedro Social Clubs – Wine de Vine on a Friday night. Ann had suggested it would be a good spot to meet up with Susan Carter managing editor of Caribbean Property and Lifestyles Magazine – this is a great site to check [...]
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Upcoming Weekend Fun
Posted on August 12, 2010 in 1,620 + posts
Looking for something fun to do this weekend? Come join the Poker pub crawl this Saturday August 14th – kicks off at Roadkill bar at 6pm, 20BZD per person – hitting 5 bars, winner takes all. If you want to see who has already signed up visit the the poker crawl facebook invite. For those [...]
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Mass Catwalk
Posted on August 11, 2010 in 1,620 + posts
Did the mass Cat Walk yesterday afternoon off Bowen & Bowen dock. It was nice to do something different – walking the red carpet fully clothed off the dock was a great way to shake things up a bit. The kids loved it and could not get enough of walking the red carpet in various [...]
