At the end of the movie the end of Eat Love Pray Liz Gilbert [Julia Roberts] talks about physics of  the quest in her following lines: 'In the end, I've come to believe in something I call "The Physics of the Quest." A force in nature governed by laws as real as the laws of gravity. The rule of Quest Physics goes something like this: If you're brave enough to leave behind everything familiar and comforting, ...

Belize Fun Facts - You know you have been living in Belize a while when you catch your self using the word like pirate as a search term while trying to find something in a gmail search. Today I wanted to post just one picture so I set off in search of an image that visually represents why I love living on Ambergris Caye. I went to my stock folder and found the pics from when Dick and I went driving down sou ...

To be honest if I was not looking up the date for something, I would not have remembered it was Valentines day this morning. On my way to the pool,  everywhere I looked people were wearing red, from the cab mechanic on our street,  the guy standing on top of the garbage truck and even a bunch of the bikini beauties turned up in red suits for class. We decided to have a nice quiet dinner at home, I was think ...

Mother nature is definitely starting us off in 2012 with island showers and a clean Ambergris Caye. It has not stopped raining long enough for me to make a break for it and head to town to do my errands. The ominous sound of rumbling thunder is making me think I am either going to have to forget it for today or suck it up, waterproof and go anyways. I leaning towards the first option, can just imagine how b ...

One of the things people do not always consider when moving to the tropics is routine maintenance. Here is an example - On Sunday I was looking for cooler to take to the beach and found many of the zippers were stuck. Within the last 6 months I had done my routine maintenance and used some coconut oil to make sure they were all working well, now most of them need to be re-oiled. A second example would be, t ...

Some of you might remember Ann Kuffner from aquafit posts and past link back(s) to her blog on my Celebrating Independence Day in Belize post. Ann is now going to be a long term part time guest poster specializing in Belize Real Estate information and how to best make your move to Ambergris Caye. Today she gives some good insight and examples on the age old rent or buy question. If you regularly read the ta ...

There is no doubt that Si was probably a very cute puppy. It’s easy to imagine a child playing with him and enjoying the wonderful bond that develops between puppies and children. What is not so easy to imagine is how such a sweet potlicker grew up, having been cared for by someone and then ended up abandoned and shot in the street. When residents of the San Mateo reported that there was an injured dog, pos ...

I just saw a 19 year old win a million dollars on a game show. Imagine how different any of our lives would be if that had happened to us? I wonder if I would have moved to Belize or would I have landed in a different Tropical location instead. I can say for sure it likely would not have taken me so long to get there. I finished up my work early today so I could do out with Dick and Paula to celebrate his b ...

Paul decided we should go for a long walk yesterday since the sun came out and Hurricane Rina was not making us housebound. Paula, Jessie faye and Dick were heading to town so we decided to join them. I have a ton of pics to sort through so I will be adding more throughout the day. Hoping to go to class today but I have a feeling the pool will be closed. Quite a few businesses around town were closed yester ...

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 a raccoon. Lucky was suffering from a terrible injury and could not breathe properly after having ...

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 online regulations from the site and take it with you for backup. When you purchase your ticket and make sure the airlines know ...

Woke up way to early this am 20 min before my alarm was supposed to go off. I am getting ready to take the 7:00 am Tropic Air flight to Municipal and heading to see Dr. Marcelo Coyi at Belize Medical Associates for a check up and some tests. My appointment was for 9:00am but the Dr called me yesterday and said he was not going to be there then and he could see me at 2:00pm same day. When he found out why I ...