Belize’s Biggest Gathering: The 2014 National Agriculture & Trade Show – Part Two

May 5, 2014|Cayo

The National Agriculture & Trade Show in Belmopan is a BIG DEAL. Yesterday, I posted pictures of the rides, some of the booths, the food. Here are lots more pictures of what I saw. The music was loud, it was crowded but not THAT crowded, it was hot but thankfully there was a bit of a cloud cover to save us from all out blazing heat.

Mostly it’s a TON of good times and a little sprinkling of danger. Just like this massive, fast moving ferris wheel and it’s pre-teen operator.

Totally worth the risk for the view.

So let me continue where I left off yesterday…

The British High Commission had a good sized booth…

And Cornish Pasties warming on the grill.

Many odd vehicles.

What’s this one for? I asked. It’s for extracting the first one from the mud if it gets stuck. Odd.

A very serious young cowboy.

Farm equipment on display, real and straw.

LOVE to buy some local goat cheese but I feel like it wouldn’t travel well in my bag.

Lots of fruit trees for sale from the beautiful breadfruit to mangos of all sorts.

The very difficult vegetable judging.

I do not envy the judge his job. How could you possibly choose The Best Cabbage in Belize – they look exactly the same. Weight was clearly involved…

I always love the folks just doing their own thing. Making yummy jam like these two Swiss-Bealizeans. $3-$4.50bzd for DELICIOUS spreads. I bought quite a few.

Tamarind is my very favorite.

And more tamarind – bought a bottle of this tasty sauce. Had some on my chicken last night.

Had to grab a cocoa mint body scrub too. I am, after all, a connoisseur of all things chocolate.

I SO would have purchased one of these beautiful hangings but knew it would arrive home in a tangled mess.

Time for the kids rodeo. Saturday was the children (you’d put your 7 year old on a bucking calf, right?) and Sunday for the adults.

Barrel Racing. Super cute.

Kids on angry calves…more cute/scary.

And those looking on…The beer tents and the cell phone providers were especially packed but not really my thing. SO much other good stuff to do and see.