The Polaris was looking like tropical Beverly Hillbilly's, filled with colorful coolers and bright plastic baskets. We had both wrapped up our morning work and it was time to make our way south.  I was planning to get to First Aid Training down south but Shirlee who was managing the First Aid Training at Black Orchid Restaurant texted me they were going to be wrapping it up at 3:30 so I would not have time ...

Merry Christmas everyone. Hope you are all having a great holiday celebration what ever you are doing. So far my Christmas morning has been spent puttering chatting on the coconut phone, Linked In group Belize Life, tacogirl.com facebook, Ambergris Caye Message Board,  texting Lara & Leisa, chatting with family, drinking instant ice coffee and listening to the Christmas Eve Special 2012 on Coast to Coas ...

I have not had time to even look at my Playa del Carmen pictures since I dumped them all on my Mexico flash drive, but I promise I will get to blogging the trip and Taste of Playa 2012 soon. It's official Dick is leaving for Antarctica in 10 days so we have begun our joyrides in Darth Vader [aka Zac's cart] and plan to get as many in as possible before he leaves. The following photo gallery is from our some ...

It is very breezy in San Pedro today and I was sure glad to have laundry on my chore list, nothing better than playing with warm sheets on a cold day. My Helena Montana weatherman sent me the picture below to remind me that it is not really cold here and compared to what I see in his office view, that I have to agree. I will say it is cold enough for me to have broken out get my jeans out and be thinking of ...

Halloween has always topped my list for fun things to do in Belize, people go all out for costumes and we always have a great time. Last night we started  a bit late and got to Roadkill bar just in time to have a quick one and head to Pedro's for the pimp n ho party.  The bell got rung twice during the short time we were there and some people were feeling very merry from the jager shots by the time we heade ...

For all you sky watchers, we are about to experience a Blue Moon tomorrow night.   The most common definition of a blue moon out there right now refers to it as the second full moon of a calendar month. I knew there had to be more behind it and Earth Sky science website provided me with the information below. The idea of a Blue Moon as the second full moon in a month stemmed from the March 1946 issue of Sky ...

It is still dark outside, I can hear the wind and rain picking up. The latest tracking model shows us good by this afternoon. It already feels like we are in the clear as Ernesto was a very tame storm for us. Will be heading to what I assume will be the last Hurricane Ernesto meeting shortly and feeling very lucky I scored a ride as I am pretty sire cabs would be a slim to none option this morning with curf ...

San Pedro is almost back to normal. Some businesses are still closed and I do not blame them for taking this golden opportunity to take some well deserved time off. It has been a cold wet day perfect for staying at home. Both tacoboy and I agreed if we did not have to go to work we could have easily slept in. Please keep in mind that my post below is late, I was blogging at 6:30 this morning from my phone w ...

I am starting to feel like the San Pedro town council conference room is my second home :) The Evacuation numbers for Hurricane Ernesto are in -  632 have left Ambergris Caye by water taxi, 365 by Tropic Air and Maya Island Air 170. All going according to plan. Tropical storm Ernesto is officially cat 1 and tracking  west north west. According to Frank, a hurricane hunter said winds increasing and speed of ...

Since last night a lot of timelines have been set in place.There has been a curfew set from 10:00pm tonight till 10:00am tomorrow morning while the storm passes except for those on duty. No alcohol sales from noon onward.  If you are planning to evacuate from the island the Water taxis will be stopping at noon today. Steve Schulte CEO of Tropic Air, confirmed flights will also be stopping at noon, however i ...

We have a NEMO meeting at 6:00am downtown which meant setting my alarm for 4:40 am - ugh. Managing to get a bit of work done and at least one iced coffee in me before I set out. I did not pre-order a cab so hoping I can find one or hitch a ride when I get to the main road. It is still pitch black out but I can hear the rain, wind and thunder picking up now. When I opened the door to let some fresh air in I ...

It was standing room only at NEMO when I got to the office when I got there today. They held meetings at 6:30am, 2:00pm and one will be held at  8:00pm. The wind just picked up, we are getting lightening and it is looking like I am going to get wet on the way to the meeting tonight. My next Hurricane Ernesto update will be tomorrow morning. Paul just came back from the store with more water, extra food supp ...