Hope the weather holds up As predicted by the weather gods and Weather Underground, we have been experiencing off and on rain for the past few days. The night before last, I got word via Facebook messenger from Aimee that our BRC-SP meteorologist Frank said “expect rain on Friday and Saturday and then skies will clear […]
A Tongue in Cheek Story by Bill McMichael When in San Pedro, we frequently make a point of dining at one or both of the Pupusarias on Middle Street. For those that do not know what pupusas are, Wikipedia describes pupusas as follows: A pupusa (Spanish pronunciation: pu’pusa, from Pipil pupusaw) is a traditional Salvadoran dish […]
Waterlogged San Pedro Thankfully for party goers, it waited till after the fireworks and Independence eve celebration for Chac (the rain god of the Maya) to let loose. It down poured fairly heavy from about 1:30 am onward and kept right on going. As a result, there was some damage control yesterday morning. First off, […]
This afternoon we said goodbye to San Ignacio and hello to Belmopan. After three days of luxury at the San Ignacio Hotel, we are about to get back to nature and enjoy a tropical Hobbit house experience before going home to the San Pedro rat race. Not wanting us to schlep our bags down the […]
Belize Postal Service is an area of question that often comes up for future expats, they want to know what options are available for mail delivery and in some cases need to have a change of address set up in advance. Our mail system is general delivery and we have no zip/postal codes, something that […]
Best Laid Plans Have you ever had one of those moments where you start peeling a sticker off something and immediately realize that you should not have started that project? I had that happen to me on a few occasions. Thankfully for my silver Exacto knife, one of the VIP things I brought with me […]