On the Beach
A Good Place to Stay Good value in San Pedro Town
According to Rabbit, retired bartender, Ramon's Village is one of the better values in San Pedro Town. If you are coming to Ambergris Caye for a week and want to have convenience, service, good food, security, access to the water, a good home base for...
Dogs and Birds-Belize Morning walk
Dog lovers often bring their dogs on vacation with them. This little guy runs down the beach and his owners tell us, as we pass them, that he will swim out to get birds all the way to the end of the pier. Down the beach, only moments ago, Rabbit and I...
Tarzan Kids at play
In San Pedro Town this afternoon, after school, a couple of boys come up with their own game. Tarzan's jungle can be any place on the planet as long as there is a little boy who puts two and two together. One of the boys grabs one end of a dangling palm...
Beach bar vows Wayo's wedding
There are at least two hundred invited guests but anyone can join this wedding.. Wayos is a popular beach bar in San Pedro Town and Wayo, pronounced Y -oh, is a popular owner. When the groom arrives in a black golf cart limo, there is applause and...
Clouds On walkaholics walk- 4:00 pm
From eleven to twelve, the Walkaholics stroll from Crazy Canuck's to Wayo's without wetting a whistle. From twelve to four, on the way back, there are stops at the Sandbar for drinks and lunch, Licks, the Runway Bar and Crazy Canuck's for more drinks and...
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...
Footprints/Hotel Playa Beach Side by side/Hotel Playa
This is a conundrum. At first glance these are footprints on the beach. At a second glance you discover the footprints are not pointing the same direction. At first thought, I wonder how this happened? Maybe a man with a peg leg twists his right...
I wuz Here On the beach at Stone Island
One of the first things I come across on this Stone Island beach is a handwritten message scratched in the sand, still hours away from being erased, by the incoming tides. It brings up an old question - "If no one hears a tree falling in the forest, does...
Coconuts and Beach/Stone Island Taking a tour break
Our tour boat docks, by a grouping of mangroves,and we disembark into a thatched eating area where a local family will serve us lunch in a few hours. While they prepare our tour's meal, we are taken for a look at this island's coconut farm, watch Polo...
Jack Kerouac in Mazatlan On the road
Back in the 1950's, after WW2, most people headed home to raise families. Men were tired of shooting bullets and women were tired of making them. Instead of killing humanity the focus became re-populating humanity. An era of big bands was...
Roofwork Mazatlan Repairing beach palapa
Walking the Malecon, visitors come upon palm branch topped beach shelters that provide protection from the sun and are places to gather. The shelters line a sea wall and their tops look like giant Chinese coolie hats. This morning a crew of workers are...
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