Sunday

I had a post all ready to submit and the Internet went down. The local "expert" came over to look at my issue, and deleted my post, so you get this abbreviated post for now. Oh, by the way, after about a hour, the local "expert" came back and did just what I told him to do, reboot the router, a 30 second fix for me, but an hour for him. No wonder thing move so slow here.

Sunday - cove watching (more on this with the pictures later) fishing at the reef, town for some groceries,beach bike ride up north, hide a couple of caches, met with some more locals, set up a special nature trail walk for later on in the next few weeks, cooked fresh fish tacos, was up late last night, about 1015 (Belize and ICT are the same now with daylight savings time) then I slept in this morning, up about 645.

See ya after the break!

Sat - Final

Beach cruiser, only problem, no beach! I hit the trail South, I was in the water about 18 inches, and had to walk through heavy sand in places, but I clocked about 4 miles round trip.



The red roof house is owned by an elderly man from KC, Many years ago, he bought out an old warehouse in KC and brought down 3 ship loads of 80 year old lumber from a old place in KC. This was about 10-15 years ago. It's for sale today, if you buy it, I should get time here!

Sat Wrap Up

I saw about 15 on these in the cinder blocks, get close and down they went!






This was on the ground until you were close, then they shot up about 8 feet up!






Dana going after the big one! This was about a 2.5 mile hike from the villa




This was the boat that landed with a bunch of Cuban refugees, word has it that as soon as it landed, that the Cubans scurried off to the woods, to avoid deportation.

Ya know its tough fishing when our local guide can't find bait!

Friday No Power

We lost power early Friday morn, not because of Ida, but because of all of the recent rain. They had to work on the underground lines, and the back up generator failed.

I went fishing, we had a nice mess which I cleaned. Since there was no power in the villa, we all ate at the palapa. I had 3 small tacos, rice and beans. Very good, the new chef here is an improvement.

It was sunny for about 20 minutes yesterday... and it raining most of the evening and all night,

The sun looks like it may be trying to peek through outside, I'm gonna try to more pics and look at the weather. Happy Sat everyone!

Thurs PM

Boat to the Blue Lotus





Indian Food at the Blue Lotus



DL check in Belize




Storm moving in....



Pre Ida?


0800 Off to town for the 14 mile boat ride to town where I plan to share a cab with another member of this resort. We only have at best 90 minutes to shop. While in the states, this might not seem like a big deal, our daily shopping trip will take us to several places. Not near as convenient as running down the street and shopping at your local supermarket of Wal-mart!.

Just some light showers today, but still wishing we had the partially covered boat back.


Did a little fishing this afternoon in-between the rain showers, , we had 6 keepers, which we had for supper tonight. Its 915, way past my bedtime, look for updates when I can.

Tues. Weds, Thurs AM

Rushing to get this posted before the power goes out at 1300 BZE, look for pics and an update when I can!

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Tuesday was the first day of teaching CPR / First Aid in town, after I returned we were invited to a tour of the penthouse and drinks. This is an amazing place, with the weather, it wasn't a very good photo op, but I did manage to snap a few.

I attempted to upload this, but alas, the internet was down.


Wednesday up at 430. Can't connect mt camera to Windows 7, so I brought a card reader. Guess what, the card reader will not work with windows 7 either!. No chance if finding one here, as remote as this place is. Maybe when we go to Mexico (depending on the weather now) I can find one.

So, I have to hook my card reader up to my friends computer, transfer the pics to another card, then use the built in card reader to transfer to my computer. Look l



Look for more pictures with the smaller camera, hopefully where it will be less of a hassle.

was another full day teaching CPR / First Aid in town, followed by boating to the Blue Lotus for Indian food. A short shopping trip followed, then a return trip back to the Villa. Only problem was about 2/3rds of the way to the resort, we hit a big storm squall, and had to find a place to hunker down as it passed. We found a resort, and took shelter on of the porches. All the talk of the town is the weather, and how dry it has been in the rainy season, and how wet it has been in the dry season. Additionally appears that the tropical depression has now turned into a tropical storm named Ida and is heading for Belize. Internet here has been poor at best, mainly due to the rain as it interrupts our satellite feed.

I have prepared my bail out bag, if needed, but it sounds like I will be here helping Ambergris Caye Emergency Rescue Team. This is a very preliminary, but you always need a Plan A and a Plan B. If you don't hear from me for a while, know that I'll get back online as soon as possible.


Thursday. Up at 615, editing photo for the local publications, then making a trip into town for supplies and some "just in case" stuff. I think the dry bag a purchased is a good investment. Just finished up packing my wallet, my point n shoot, my cell phone, all of my pocked stuff into small ziplocks. Seems I have been wetter on this trip than in the past.

Lion Fish Spotted!

This is bad news: http://www.7newsbelize.com/sstory.php?nid=13278




Tomorrow (Tuesday) First Air / CPR classes