It's official Pedro aka Peter Lawrence is now a Belize Citizen. To celebrate he threw a big Friday night party  at his bar, Ruthie and I had lots of fun playing with our tech toys and seeing which one had faster facebook upload speed. Her Samsung Galaxy Tab beat my LG Thrive. As always Gino and the Shackshakers rocked the house and by the end of the night had everyone dancing. Unfortunately I got those stra ...

The Belize Red Cross is pleased to announce the reactivation of a vibrant and well functioning San Pedro Branch. The first community information session and volunteer registration will be held this Saturday, March 3rd from 10:00am to 1:00pm on the upper floor of El Divino Restaurant, Banana Beach Resort, San Pedro Town. Members of the Belize Red Cross cordially invite all Ambergris Caye residents to attend, ...

Visiting Mountain Pine Ridge Forest by Henry (Zac) Zacharias A long time friend from Canada came for several weeks and we plan to go to Mexico for a week together but first, a trip to the main land to explore the Pine Ridge Forest and learn a bit about how Belizeans live (or party) on the mainland. We left San Pedro Saturday morning and made our way to San Ignacio. We took the boat that stopped in Caye Caul ...

Good Morning Everyone in San Pedro.....Wednesday February 29th Coalition for Belize will be having a vote for the referendum on Off Shore Oil Drilling in Belize. The vote will take place in Central Park from 6am to 8pm. If you are a registered voter please bring your voter ID or other ID. If you are not a registered voter you may still register your opinion. Please come out and vote this the most important ...

I spent my day walking around the island. Started at Tropic Air after seeing Dick off for his 31h journey back to Turkey, went south as far as Banana Beach Resort where I stalled on the beach for a bit then made my way home along one of my favorite back roads. I tried to focus on work but was not feeling sitting at mt desk and decided more walking therapy was in order so I went all the way to the bridge and ...

After yesterdays meeting at the Sunbreeze Hotel conference room, I walked away feeling it was everything I had hoped for and more. I am beyond excited we are coming together with a common goal of  reestablishing  Belize Red Cross presence here in San Pedro and developing an active, productive efficient branch.  In the process we are also creating a stronger charity  network so we can help each other accompl ...

The Belize Red Cross (BRC) does a huge range of things across the country and are mostly known for their response in a disaster.  However there’s lots of other things that they do when there isn’t an emergency going on: ·         DISASTER PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE Disaster Management involves preparation, response and recovery/rehabilitation. This is the largest field of work that the Belize Red Cross engag ...

Belize Honduras travel just got easier and temporarily cheaper too. Tropic Air is offering super deal - $99 usd [one way] direct flight from Belize to San Pedro Sula Honduras. Tickets must be purchased by March 31st and used by April 15th 2012. Round trip purchase required, some restrictions apply. Flight schedule from Belize City to Honduras Departs Time Arrives Time Belize City (BZE) 08:00AM San Pedro Sul ...

Saga would like to invite you to the Italian Cook-off  tomorrow Wednesday February 22 6-9pm at Ristorante DiCaprio.   Over $3,000 raised at Saga Valentines Benefit hosted by Captain Morgans Casino ‘Fur-ever Love’ was flying through the air on Valentine’s night at Captain’s Casino! All the ladies were treated to a glass of champagne and a rose from our hosts, Karen Riley and Ernie Olmstead, the gracious ...

The countdown is really on, one of my good friends [lucky to have many] is coming home for 1 week.  He arrives today on the 1:40pm flight. I can't wait to enjoy a week of all the things we do together like running errands, window shopping at the hardware store, hanging out on docks taking pictures planning and daydreaming about where we see ourselves and helping each other navigate the way. It will be such ...

Funny how sometimes life forces you to slowdown whether you want to or not. I have been  experiencing a major slowdown on my lap top so I decided to do a bit of organizing and put everything back in the right folders, disc clean up and defrag. 784,611 kb w0rth of deletable bits for c drive and 305, 558kb for d drive - running smoother now. Once I got going I thought it was a good idea to go beyond my desk a ...

Playa del Carmen, Mexico – February 15, 2012 – Once again, Ak Lu'um International School, Mexico’s first ecological school, is pleased to invite all Riviera Maya athletes and families to participate in the third annual ‘BuyPlaya 5K Run for Ak Lu’um’, an exciting 5K race through the streets of Playa del Carmen. Sponsored by BuyPlaya Real Estate Advisors, the leading agency for Playa del Carmen real estate, t ...