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Captain Shark’s Going Fishing
The ocean is a grocery store. At the end of piers, the tips of jutting land, on bridges or banks, in small boats and large, men shop for dinner. Early today three men are casting from the end of a pier at sunrise. They have been up all night and one...
Belize- Early Morning Friday morning/ Nov 6, 2015
At the end of the pier it is quiet. A few birds face the wind and move reluctantly. It will be hot this afternoon, humid, and the clouds will go away till night when the winds blow them back, like un-anchored sailboats. Early mornings are a good...
Hitch hiking Getting from point A to point B
I haven't seen many thumbs out in San Pedro Town. There are a few people moving in the rain but most of those out this morning are laborers pedaling bicycles to work,tourists driving special golf carts, and taxi's running people to the airport from...
Ak’Bol Yoga Retreat Sanctuary
Ak'Bol was built into a business by a couple who came to Belize twenty years ago with a dream of nature, health, spirit, and capitalism. The entrance is not well announced and if you are driving you will zip right past in your sprint for bigger resorts...
Walking in the Rain North and South San Pedro
This morning, on a walk to the Sir Barry Bowen Bridge that separates north from south Ambergris Caye, I am still in San Pedro Town and take shelter in a bus stand because rain is moving in with dark clouds behind it. San Pedro Town is in the center of...
Martial Arts Morning Lesson 101
Martial arts has moved forward since Bruce Lee dazzled with new fighting styles and choreographed movie fight scenes that are classics. Now, real fighting happens on cable TV and the ancient " Friday night at the fights" has been trounced by MMA cage...
Walkaholics Not authorized by AA
It turns out to be a good hike. There are less than 10 walkers this morning but numbers will grow to over twenty five as tourist season picks up. One of the most difficult tasks is learning names of the group so I make myself crutches. Dean has a...
Crazy Canuck’s Beach Bar One of many watering holes
I'm not a Canadian but this bar sounds crazy and who wants to sit in a bar that isn't crazy? As spirits flow, you want to be carried along in a stream of conviviality, experience bursts of laughter, hear jokes you never heard before that are really...
Rain in San Pedro Town November 2, 2015
Going out without an umbrella is taking a risk in San Pedro Town. Rain is forecast and today doesn't disappoint. A woman, passing in a golf cart, waves back at me while I video this drenching. The storm is over in fifteen minutes. It gets hot and humid...
Belize Walk About November 3, 2015
San Pedro Town waits for her photo shoot like a beautiful model that has spent her whole life understanding what people see when they think they see her. November 2, 2015 is a walking day. I smell a fresh cinnamon roll and go searching for it. Cold,...
First Impressions San Pedro Town, Belize
Whether it is Saint Thomas, Saint John, Dominica, Grenada, Bequia, Boca Del Toros, or San Pedro Town you see Caribbean similarities immediately. Ambergris Caye is off the coast of Belize and runs along the second biggest barrier reef in the world with...
Tropic Air Belize City to San Pedro Town
This ride is not smooth, but it isn't bumpy either. Down below us are little green islands sticking their heads above the Caribbean Sea like turtles, fishing boats, and turquoise water. I can almost see the grassy bottom of the sea from the air. We are...
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