Archive for 'Travel'
Northbound to Athens Gate
Posted on August 29, 2010 in Eat - Sleep - Drink, Island Life, Travel, tacogirl Specials
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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Field Trip
Posted on August 27, 2010 in Eat - Sleep - Drink, Island Life, Travel, Water Fun
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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Susan Carter – Carib Pro
Posted on August 23, 2010 in Island Life, Spotlight, Travel
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 doubt [...]
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Belize Luxury
Posted on August 17, 2010 in Eat - Sleep - Drink, Island Life, Travel
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 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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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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Yummy Belize Breakfast
Posted on July 17, 2010 in Eat - Sleep - Drink, Island Life, Travel, Useful information
The rain is doing one of those off again on again things where just when I think the sun is going to come back out it goes away and the rain starts up again for 10 min or so. Hoping we get a clear patch around 9:00am – we are meeting Melissa and Edwin at [...]
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Flights to Belmopan
Posted on July 15, 2010 in Island Life, Travel, Useful information
Instead of going to the pool this morning I Went for a ride to town with Dick and Carole to cross a few things off one of many lists. While on our way to town we got hit by about 10 min of heavy rain – fortunately we were able to ride it out under [...]
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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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Burrell Boom
Posted on July 2, 2010 in Travel
Today I am doing something out of the ordinary and heading to Burrell Boom with Mike. We have a meeting to attend so I booked us a tacogirl special on the 7:am Tropic Air and away we go. Nothing like a plane ride over the Caribbean Sea to start your day right.
The BHA 2010 Biannual [...]
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American Airlines Lowers Fares from Miami to Belize
Posted on May 25, 2010 in Travel, Useful information
BREAKING NEWS and just in time for San Pedro Lobsterfest- American Airlines Lowers Fares from Miami to Belize! Now thouse of you who were wondering how to fit coming to Lobsterfest into your travel budget have an option for cheap airfare to Belize.
In an initiative to make Belize a more competitive and affordable Central American and [...]
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Top 10 Emerging Destinations in the World
Posted on May 13, 2010 in Island Life, Travel, Useful information, tacogirl Specials, tacogirl Top Ten
I came across a few good top ten lists to share with you today and pleased to say that Belize made it a couple of times in tripadvisor Travelers Choice 2010 awards on trip advisor forum. First off Dangriga made it on tripadvisors top 10 emerging destinations in the world. Our wonderful Island of Ambergris [...]
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Roadkill Bar Trivia Night
Posted on April 22, 2010 in Island Life, Travel, Useful information, tacogirl Specials
It’s Trivia night 7:15pm Roadkill Bar with our sexy Quiz question girl Miss Helda – $5 a head Max 4 or 5 per team. Matt and Robbie are always helpful to the San Pedro community in many ways and this week Matt said they are donating proceeds from the dollar rounds to the Berklee Bandwagon [...]
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Did you say Mexico???
Posted on April 19, 2010 in Island Life, Travel, Useful information, tacogirl Specials
For those of you who like your Belize Travel Deals and travel to Belize via Cancun due to cheap airfare or those who live here and want a getaway to Mexico – this is a tacogirl Special for you – now you can save money along the way at Hotel Tropical CasaBlanca in Playa Del [...]
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Robles Point Camping Adventure
Posted on April 17, 2010 in Island Life, Travel, Water Fun
5:30am I knew I would not be able to sleep in this morning thinking about all the last minute things I needed to organize for our Robles Point camping trip. I am still not quite sure how I will get everything packed up. The pile at the front door keeps growing and you would think [...]
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Sunday on Monday
Posted on March 8, 2010 in Eat - Sleep - Drink, Island Life, Travel
Catching up on yesterdays pictures today. Walter rented a golf cart and tool Gillian – Paul and I for a spin. I had a bit of work to get done for an upcoming comparison shopping post between Caye Caulker – San Pedro and Playa Del Carmen so Paul and I went off to check a [...]
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