After a few grey WINDY days, the clouds parted…the winds slowed and TAH DAH!  The perfect Sunday.  Temperature about 78 degrees.  (And it’s looking like a beautiful week.  Perfect since I’m heading to Caye Caulker for two nights.) No more hanging around the house – it’s time to GET OUT! First thing Sunday morning isKeep reading »

AMBERGRIS CAYE, THE FINAL FRONTIER! Sounds like the beginning of a low-budget Sci-Fi movie, right? As soon as I saw the title in the recent San Pedro Sun article, I knew I had to see it for myself.  A piece of a Russian manned rocket ship from the early 1980s that washed up in Belize? Keep reading »

Real update:  I’ve been trying to step away from the TV (there is just so much in the news right now PLUS Megxit yesterday?  I can’t even!) and get outside to my real life.  It’s been hard. It’s been a windy, weather-shifting week on Ambergris Caye.  A “cold front” got winds blowing from the northKeep reading »

A few weeks ago, the Bureau of Standards of the Belize Tourism Board held a meeting at the Sunbreeze conference room.  There were about 50 tour guides and operators there…representatives from the marine reserve and the local newspaper. It was the second in a series of meetings around the country (first in Belize City) toKeep reading »

This last week on Ambergris Caye has really been beautiful.  And the island is HOPPING with all the visitors.  Give yourself a bit of extra time if you have errands or plans in town – traffic is moving slowly.  But what’s the rush anyway?  I find, as the passenger in our golf cart, that it’sKeep reading »

The few days leading up to the Christmas rush had us all a bit worried.  A big cold front blew in on December 18th and with it…grey and rainy and blustery weather. For the best weather forecasting on Ambergris Caye – see Windfinder.  No…I would not bet on the forecast 10 days out but wouldKeep reading »

Just over the only bridge on Ambergris Caye, about 1 miles north of San Pedro town, lies the posh neighborhood of Tres Cocos.  Named after 3 tall coconut trees that fishermen used to spot the area, it is predominantly large beachfront houses – many rental homes.  More recently (with the addition of the paved roadKeep reading »

Buy Local, Made in Belize – Get BEAUTIFUL things, Support Your Community I’ve seen so many posts on social media:  Anti-consumerism, NOT participating in Black Friday or Cyber Monday…stick it to the man.   I get it.  Jeff Bezos, richest man on earth, founder of Amazon, modern-day slave driver, probably doesn’t need my $50. But youKeep reading »

Frazzled ‘fra-zeld: The feeling of having 1001 things going on but not actually accomplishing/completing any of them. Origins: Unknown. Thought to be a combination of frizzy (as in hair from the high humidity of Belize) and frenzy. Possibly some Yiddish. Cure: Naps, reading in bed, naps and Netflix binging. Usage: “Others rolled their eyes asKeep reading »

It was a very very hot summer on Ambergris Caye.  But this week, the winds shifted…and we are currently enjoying our first real cold front. Don’t panic…it looks like this. COLD FRONT!  TOGETHER WEATHER!  CHRISTMAS TIME!  The time of year when the wind blows from the north, humidity dips below 90 percent (HELLO GOOD HAIR!)Keep reading »

Sarteneja is a small village located on a peninsula in Northern Belize.  It is surrounded by the sea and the view is enviable.  I mean almost impossibly GORGEOUS.  I took so many pictures of one collapsed dock…from every single angle. Please bear with me.  The village is a traditional fishing and ship building village –Keep reading »

Tour guide extraordinaire, Panny Arceo, deserves a website of his own.  He is a senior guide- boat captain- storyteller- born and raised San Pedrano- musician and accordion player that knows ever inlet and coral head around Ambergris Caye like the back of his hand.  (A hand that has only three fingers due to crocodile attackKeep reading »

Good morning all, It’s been a gorgeous week on Ambergris Caye. The weather has been hot and humid – with a heavy dose a mosquitos if you step a bit too far away from the breeze.  (Also, the farther away from town, the better chance you have of encountering the blood sucking beasts from hell. Keep reading »

Earlier this year, I wrote and then self-published a guidebook to Ambergris Caye, Belize – the type of Belize travel guide that I would want when visiting…and it also includes 9 Experiences for a day trip to Caye Caulker…. and it’s FINALLY in softcover form.  Well…it has been since last week but I wanted toKeep reading »

Updated Imagery on Google Maps and Google Earth Show LOTS of Changes on Ambergris Caye Over the Last 3 Years Google Earth is a ridiculously powerful tool.  And the scope of it…stitching together millions of satellite images…digital cartography…national security concerns…is way over my head. In large US cities, street views and satellite images are updatedKeep reading »

To watch Martha Stewart put the finishing touches on a glittered pumpkin or a hand-stamped linen napkin is a thing of beauty.  I’ve always been kinda obsessed with the combination of good taste and competence that crafting projects. Unfortunately, I am generally more “into” the final product than the actually DIY part…but why let thatKeep reading »

Yesterday I woke up…it was like most other October Mondays.  I checked the National Hurricane Center to see if anything new had popped up on the radar – it IS that time of year in the Western Caribbean and Central America. I slathered up with bug spray and took the dogs for a walk –Keep reading »

I’m not sure what it is…global warming, age, low tolerance, general lack of rain…but this September and October have been THE HOTTEST EVER! I hear rumors that a COLD FRONT IS COMING.  (Don’t panic if you have your vacation planned – a “cold front” in Belize means wind from the north -humidity goes lower andKeep reading »

A Conch Fiesta Lunch at El Fogon in San Pedro, Belize Conch season opens October 1st each year.  The queen conch – which is actually a marine snail and a mollusk – is a very traditional food on Ambergris Caye LOVED by those who live here.  And those who visit. The queen conch forms aKeep reading »

I will type it even though it is no secret.  This is my blog and my opinions and not a “news article”.  You can most certainly disagree – I am under no pretense that everything that I say is correct. Please let me know your thought in the comments or on social media. Let’s WorkKeep reading »