Archive for September, 2011
Making the best of a bad situation
Posted on September 30, 2011 in 1,620 + posts, Useful Information
Over the past few days I found myself learning lesson, making the best of a bad situation on a large scale. Not only were tech lessons part of the package I am also getting hit on the physical side. I have been experiencing circulation issues and feeling in need of a major body tune up. [...]
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Belize City Pictures
Posted on September 27, 2011 in 1,620 + posts, Videos
As promised here is third batch of pictures from our Belize City vacation – Belize City shopping still come. These ones cover the Princess Hotel and Casino as well as some things I saw while walking around town when I took break from blogging the freeroll poker tournament. I wanted to find a shop so [...]
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The Beauty that is Belize
Posted on September 26, 2011 in 1,620 + posts, Guest posts
Step into a tropical wonderland. Lush rainforests, pristine white sand beaches and an abundant variety of exotic wildlife. This is Belize. Belize, a small country located in Central America, is nestled between the countries of Guatemala and Mexico. Bordered by the dazzling turquoise waters of the Caribbean Sea, it is a favorite for divers and [...]
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Lucky Couldn’t be Luckier Saga San Pedro Belize Humane Society
Posted on September 25, 2011 in 1,620 + posts
Lucky Couldn’t be Luckier They say that ‘curiosity killed the cat’ and in Lucky’s case, this almost came true. Darling little Lucky was brought into Pampered Paws looking like he’d been fighting a war – and he was the loser. It is believed that his terrible facial injury was due to an unfortunate encounter with [...]
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Celebrating Independence Day in Belize
Posted on September 24, 2011 in 1,620 + posts
This past Wednesday September 21st marked a very important day in the history of Belize – it’s 30th Birthday. If you have not yet celebrated Independence day in San Pedro I would put that on your top ten Belize to do list – best parade ever. Here are a few pictures from the annual San [...]
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Badih “Bob” Bounahra: 2011 WSOP November Nine
Posted on September 22, 2011 in 1,620 + posts
Minutes to go before the final tournament starts. ESPN is here filming for 3 days, making 2011 Independence day extra exciting. The crew traveled to Belize to film Bob Bounahra at his Princess poker room in Belize City. The footage will be used in the upcoming coverage of the WSOP Main Event Final Table in [...]
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How to travel with a dog to Belize
Posted on September 21, 2011 in 1,620 + posts
How to travel with a dog to Belize A lot of preparation is necessary to fly with our animals Always check the website of the airline on pet policies rather than accept what is told on the phone by an agent – which honesty holds true for any important matter. Make sure to print the [...]
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Sundae on Sunday at DandE’s
Posted on September 20, 2011 in 1,620 + posts
Sunday night was the last night of my birthday week and I decided to end it in style with an ice cream party at DandE’s Frozen Custard. Nothing like enjoying tacos in the park and a sundae on Sunday. Paul had a concrete and a taster of mine. I picked coconut, Java Joe and strawberry [...]
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Ambergris Caye Belize School goes Solar Power
Posted on September 19, 2011 in 1,620 + posts
Hello once again to all our faithful supporters. School has started again and it’s wonderful to see the school fill up with happy and enthusiastic children, excited to be back in the classroom after the long school holidays. Literacy Day The first celebration on the school calendar is Literacy Day and as always our students [...]
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Puddles the size of Whale Sharks
Posted on September 17, 2011 in 1,620 + posts
The puddles on the back roads are as big as whale sharks right now. Ok that might be a slight exasperation but many of them span the entire road making it quite difficult to overtake the Belikin tractor on my way to the pool, the moguls are very bad right now too. As much of [...]
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San Pedro Sailors St George’s Caye Battle Regatta
Posted on September 16, 2011 in 1,620 + posts
From: Forrest Jones. Press Officer. San Pedro Sailing Club San Pedro’s Student Sailors Live Up to their Island’s Maritime Heritage in the 2011 commemorative St George’s Caye Battle Regatta Sunday, September 11, during what is becoming one of the most colorful and entertaining events on Belize’s calendar of holidays, the Belize Sailing Association held five [...]
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Grand Caribe Resort pool party part 2
Posted on September 14, 2011 in 1,620 + posts
I am finally making it back to the blog, warning you now this is not going to be a fast process. I keep getting sucked back to emails – over 200 car pile up there. So glad I did not bring my laptop with me to the party. Here are a few pics to tide [...]
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Giant Lobster found in pool at Grand Caribe Resort
Posted on September 12, 2011 in 1,620 + posts, San Pedro Belize weather
What a fantastic day perfect tropical September weather I am so glad I had my birthday at Grand Caribe Resort, I could not think of a better place. We ate, drank, hula hooped and floated in the pool for hours. Cowboy Doug was an excellent host and the staff at Footprints Beach Bar and Grill did a [...]
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How to Make Hula Hoops
Posted on September 11, 2011 in 1,620 + posts
I just realized I am having a love affair with Google. If you search well enough you can find the answers to your questions. My recent quest has been how to make hula hoops as the ones I bought at Caye Supply were too small and light do do a decent job. Often you have [...]
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Happy St. Georges Caye Day Belize
Posted on September 10, 2011 in 1,620 + posts
I have been busy with so many things today and was not sure what I was going to blog, although I knew it was going to be something about St. Georges Caye Day. For starters I forgot that it was a holiday and had planned to go to town and pick up a few things [...]
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US Embassy in San Pedro Belize
Posted on September 9, 2011 in 1,620 + posts
Huge news from Quicksilver Messenger service, for the first time ever the US Embassy will be in San Pedro today from 10:00am to Noon. They are doing adult passport renewals and notarizing documents at Blue Water Grill. If you need to update your papers and want to save a trip to the mainland, be sure [...]
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Why Belize isn’t a third world country
Posted on September 7, 2011 in 1,620 + posts
Why Belize isn’t a third world country by Sharon Hiebing Ever since contemplating moving to Belize, and then once doing so in 2010, I have often heard it referred to as a Third World country. Just to clarify, I’m not one of those history buffs, or excessively political types, so I only had a notion [...]
