A Gorgeous Night For a Party at the Palapa Bar

It’s Good Friday and today there is no alcohol sold or served in Belize.  In San Pedro, many tour companies are closed – it is considered by many to be bad luck to be on the sea today.   But last night, was a different story…a huge surprise party was planned for Scott’s (aka “The Palapa Papa’s) 60th birthday.

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We arrived a bit after 5:30pm (the invite read 5) and the place was packed and it was an absolutely gorgeous night.  Did we miss the surprise?

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We did not.  So I took a look around…Jodie and Scott have done an amazing job of relocating perhaps the most famous bar on Ambergris Caye.

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Scott finally pulled up after a day of spear fishing and beers with some friends.  He was indeed surprised when the crowd broke out into HAPPY BIRTHDAY.

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And then another surprise…his son flew from the states for the party.  I just happened to be sitting right behind him.

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Super fun and I know the party continued for many many hours…but we had a 6:30pm reservation for the hottest ticket in town, Finn & Martini.

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And we ate an absurd amount of food.  Here are my two faves from the night…

The Seafood Wontons are so so tasty.  (That’s mostly eaten beef carpaccio behind it…yum.)

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And the whole fried snapper with guacamole, fresh flour tortillas, beans and salsa was enough for two or three and perfectly done.  I was picking at the crispy bits most of the night.

I especially enjoyed the cartoon X over the fishes eye.

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Happy SAFE Easter!

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