Archive for 'Guest Contributors'
What shall we do with a drunken sailor?
Posted on August 16, 2010 in Guest Contributors, Island Life, Travel
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 [...]
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Belize to Guatemala
Posted on August 9, 2010 in Guest Contributors, Island Life, Travel, Useful information, tacogirl Specials
Paul and I are gearing up for a day trip to Tikal sometime soon so I went to back Peter Bragiel from In Transit TV and asked him to share about his experiences on going to Tikal and Flores.
For those of you planning a vacation to Belize and looking for a different kind of adventure [...]
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Pool time
Posted on August 5, 2010 in Guest Contributors, Useful information
Slept in till 8:00am today which is rare – I originally was up at 4:20 thought that is way to early to get up so I decided to turn the air con on and go back to bed. Ended up having a crazy dream where I was on vacation somewhere and in a big book [...]
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Ready, Get Set -GO
Posted on August 3, 2010 in Guest Contributors, Island Life
Ready, Get Set -GO
Who knew that a single mother in Florida, happily raising eight kids (don’t ask — 2 are biological and 6 adopted!) would cheerfully pull up stakes and follow a hunch, a gut feeling, a powerful calling to a new life in a new land. Who could predict this experience would result in [...]
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Solo Vacation
Posted on July 31, 2010 in Guest Contributors, Island Life, Travel
One of the projects I have been quietly working on is lining up some more guest posters. Today I would like to introduce you to Christine Lane – she is currently living and working in Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan; but calls Dallas home. While here in Belize Christine stayed at Caye Casa and says they were wonderful [...]
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In Transit Belize
Posted on July 13, 2010 in Guest Contributors, Island Life, Travel
Today I have an extra special treat – an interesting guest post from Peter Bragiel who does In Transit site. He has a delightful and interesting take on how we measure travel experience and shares what he knew of Belize before coming here – his path to get here and how he felt during his [...]
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Que Bonito Mi San Pedro
Posted on June 11, 2010 in Guest Contributors, Island Life
Freddy Nuñez popped me this morning in fb to let me know he was sending a poem for me to post on the blog. Off to town to run some errands then come back this way for an afternoon meeting. See you Soon.
I love how you can often plan a meeting here and make it [...]
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Belize Bird Facts
Posted on May 31, 2010 in Cool stuff, Guest Contributors, Island Life, Useful information
Flash back to last night – at the beach yesterday Cindy asked if I was having a day off and I said yes I think I can actually do it and – just manage minor work I did earlier. I spoke too soon – a random email I got form someone looking for Paul to [...]
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Be Kind Belize Parrot Fact Sheet
Posted on May 26, 2010 in Guest Contributors, Island Life, Useful information
As many of you know protection of wildlife is very important in Belize and Education goes hand in hand with that. We must join together and help educate children – adults and anyone who visits Belize about the value of our precious wildlife and eco systems so that we keep the natural beauty of Belize [...]
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Belize’s Best Kept Secret
Posted on May 12, 2010 in Guest Contributors, Island Life
Having been to Coleen and Ricks house a few times and seeing the the beauty of Bacalar Chico marine protected area that surrounds them – I decided to ask her to do a guest post on the blog. I have always known Coleen as Eco friendly and this last visit to see them it was [...]
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Private Tour of Belize
Posted on May 10, 2010 in Guest Contributors, Island Life
Yesterday morning I was surfing tripadvisor and I came across a great trip report so I wrote OhioHick and asked his permission to share it with you and he promptly wrote back with a yes and agreed to send pics. It is 9:16 pm and I have had enough work for today – there are [...]
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Happy Valentine
Posted on February 14, 2010 in Guest Contributors, Island Life
Last night in a three way on the coconut phone my cousin was telling Lara and I how she wrapped about 30 small gift bags with Valentine treats and was passing them out to everyone. Lara commented on how she used to do things like that but doesn’t really anymore. It got me thinking about [...]
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Top Ten San Pedro food joints
Posted on January 18, 2010 in Guest Contributors, Island Life, tacogirl Top Ten
Carbunkle Trumpet well known Bar 595 owner – foodie – blogger and long time San Pedro Belize visitor has submitted his 3rd tacogirl Top Ten list. If you have read his blog and seen his pictures you already know he is a foodie with saucy edge. His family have been long timers visiting Ambergris Caye [...]
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Lara’s Top Ten Tips for a Lemon Crush Belize Body
Posted on December 7, 2009 in Guest Contributors, Island Life, tacogirl Top Ten
Due to lack of girls in Bikini pictures I have added the next best thing Boat pics ( I am sure a few guys might beg to differ on that point) Ambergris Daily is also having a shortage of hot girl pics for Babe of the week – so if you are up for it [...]
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Top Ten things I miss from back in the day
Posted on November 30, 2009 in Guest Contributors, Island Life, tacogirl Top Ten
Carbunke Trumpet got in on the tacogirl Top Ten list submissions by request. Being a long timer I knew he would have something good to say. He sure did and I got more than one so stay tuned for more Trumpet in future. If you have not checked out What is a Carbunkle Trumpet and [...]
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Top Ten tips for taking a better picture
Posted on November 23, 2009 in Guest Contributors, Island Life, tacogirl Top Ten
While I have said in the past that it is pretty hard to take a bad picture in Belize – anyone who takes pics knows that you end up shooting a lot to get a few pearls and many end in the recycle bin. klcman has provided a tacogirl Top Ten list drawing upon his [...]
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Top Ten Simple Pleasures of living in San Pedro
Posted on November 11, 2009 in Guest Contributors, Island Life, tacogirl Top Ten
Shout out to Mitch – Sev – Michele – Rob – Dan – Ruth and all our Playa friends. Mitch – I just finished my second coffee and would be popping you right about now to come join us for a second one and some geek talk. As usual I have to many windows open [...]
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