Wednesday, June 16: A tourist trip Yesterday I had my tourist day. Went by van up from the coast on various “highways” and back roads through the citrus fields to the Belize zoo which is a natural habitat approach for native Belizean animals and birds. The iguanas, of course, stay in whichever compound appeals to [...]
November 30: Wrapping Up the 19th Some interesting things to tell about the Thanksgiving trip to Mexico to visit Carol, so I’ll just do a quick wrap up on 19th festivities and hope for time to write more later today or tomorrow. After drumming until dawn on the night of the 18th-19th, then reenacting the [...]
November 24: A Good 19th As I told you earlier, November 19 is the major Garifuna holiday and Dangriga is the center of Garifuna culture, so it is a very big thing here. (You refer to it as “the 19th” just like you would say “Happy 4th” and everyone in the States would know what [...]
November 18: Dragonflies! Just a quickie. There was a dragonfly hatch yesterday and it is the most amazing thing to have a sky full of dragonflies. There were truly millions of them, all drifting lazily from where they were hatched, somewhere close to the beach to a mangrove swamp just to the northwest of the [...]
November 17: Night Noise, Settlement Day I’ve had a restless enough go of it the last two nights that I decided to complain a little. Although there are not enough people here to make a truly difficult noise pollution situation, it can be bad enough. The noise at night and early morning comes from two [...]
November 12: The Brits; Furniture Therese and I just got back from a trip to the capitol, Belmopan, to talk to the British High Commissioner (a super-ambassador) and his staff about developing a web site. It looks like we’ll get the job, partly because the Brits want to show up the Americans (that is, the [...]
November 6: Food Experiments Even though Belizeans (or at least the Garifuna) are content to eat beans and rice and stewed chicken every day, the food here is really quite good and varied. The fresh fish and shellfish of course are wonderful. I’ve also braved the local Chinese restaurant and it’s excellent. Satisfies my lust [...]
November 2: Observations on Transportation As I think I’ve mentioned, there’s not much in the way of paved roads in Belize. There’s a big project to pave the Southern Highway and most of the Hummingbird Highway is paved, and also the roads between the major population centers in the north. But in general, roads are [...]
October 23: A Weather Report or, What they think is cold Here’s another Belize weather report for you: GENERAL SITUATION: COLD FRONT AFFECTING THE COUNTRY! TEMPERATURES: HIGHS(TODAY) COASTAL 30C/86F INLAND 30C/86F LOWS(TONIGHT) COASTAL 20C/68 INLAND 16C/61F And that’s what Belize thinks is cold! October 23: Minimum Wage I know it’s foolish to comment on politics [...]
October 19: Hopkins Village Part II There are a few more things I want to relate about my visit to Hopkins before I forget. Hopkins is primarily a fishing village, the fishing boats (really slightly enlarged rowboats in a variety of colors – mostly blues) are just pulled up onto the beach. “Our” boat, that [...]
