Sports & Recreation
Prospecting On the beach at Padre
Prospecting is in your blood, or it isn't. On a weekday, at the beach, Neal prospects, Joan knits, Scott pulls his hat down and lays back against a dune and watches kite surfers move across the water. The wind is blowing, but it is better here than in a...
Kite Surfing-Texas South Padre Island
This Padre Island surf isn't the best but the wind here is usually strong and steady. Kite surfers combine kites and surfboards and hitch themselves to the wind for free rides, skimming the top of the surf like stones thrown across the top of a lake's...
Cuenca Work Out New twist on the stairs
People work out. Some walk, some run, some drink beer, some play golf. Others go to the weight room or swim. Old men like to play softball under lights at night and dancing is loved by couples who wouldn't put on a pair of running shorts but will squeeze...
Birdwatching San Sebastian Park
After people watching, bird watching is one of the world's favorite pastimes. Birdwatchers travel the globe, stand in swamps, dress in camouflage, take pictures and write bird sightings in little books, and swear there is nothing better. In this city the...
Hand Fishing from the pier Didn't catch a thing
This pier is at the end of the Perla Escondita Condos. With tomorrows departure looming, I find my Yo Yo, a bag of frozen shrimp, hooks and swivels and weights and try my hands at some hand fishing in Belize. It takes a minute to figure out how to cast...
Sea-Rious Tours Taking a tour to the mainland
There are as many tour companies in San Pedro Town as there are bars, restaurants, or lodgings. The day tour from San Pedro Town to the Mayan ruins at Lamanai on the Belize mainland, including drinks, transport , food, a guide and park fee is $150.00 U.S...
Pool at the Average Joe Bar pool sharks beware
Evenings, if you get bored, you can play pool at the Average Joe Bar down the street from Chez Carib, next to the Caribbean Fuels gas station in San Pedro Town, Ambergris Caye, Belize. Pool is a good game to know how to play, and, like riding a bicycle,...
Wheels in the shop In the shop in Belize
Golf carts are in, in San Pedro Town. Some of the carts are old; others are new. New ones cost from nine to fifteen thousand U.S. dollars depending on what they have under their seat, and, while the carts aren't complicated mechanically, mechanic shops...
Belize Bike Ride headed south
Ambergris Caye is not wide but it is long. From one end to the other, head to toes, is over twenty eight miles. San Pedro Town is in the middle of the island and holds most of the business and population. The island's one improved road, to the south and...
Captain Morgan’s Resort and Casino privateers and pirates
The resort and casino are on the north side of Ambergris Caye and you get there in a taxi by the new road, or a water taxi with Coastal Express, or catch one of the resort's own shuttles that bring guests to and from their accommodations. This time of...
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...
Karaoke in Belize Wade paints his sign
Two popular pastimes in San Pedro Town are Karaoke and Drinking. Since bars open early and close late, there is always a lot of drinking going on. Likewise, when karaoke starts and participants pick up a microphone, the singing, good, bad, and ugly,...
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