It was the winter of 1986 and my husband Franc and I found ourselves living in heavenly San Pedro for six months for the second winter in a row. We scored a beach front rental from Gil Gonzalez and spent our days in bathing suits snorkeling the crystal clear waters and our evenings in t-shirts […]
Today’s blog is a guest post by Pepper Carpenter. She is documenting her journey from her home in Placencia Belize and sharing the valuable lessons as she travels to and lives in different districts of Belize. Peppers Story After visiting the island of Ambergris Caye in 2013, Pepper was hooked! Returning several times to explore […]
This post goes out as a wise bit of advice to everyone who came for a Belize vacation, fell in love with Ambergris Caye and started thinking about how they could move here. Ambergris is a colorful, funky island with friendly people. It is no surprise that people would instantly fall in love and want […]
Over the course of my 10 years of on Ambergris Caye, this is the worst storm damage I have witnessed. Local John Nunez once told me stories from Hurricane Keith and how Middle street was suddenly open to Jet Skis. In the face of adversity, you can really see how people come together to help […]
Looking to Ambergris Caye for inspiration I received an interesting email below from Miguel De Leon asking for my thoughts and help on cars. He wanted to know if Ambergris Caye is experiencing an influx of cars when golf carts are more than sufficient, and would I share my thoughts as to why his island […]
If you live here or plan to move here then consider this: Unless you leave often or have a herd of mules coming in, you will need to buy clothing at some point. While we do have a few new clothing stores in San Pedro, I know several people who will agree that the second […]