Miscellaneous Interesting Items

The other night we were down at the Palapa talking with some friends.  The guys were talking about how difficult it is to find your way home from fishing after dark.  One guy was saying it was extremely hard when there is fog.  Fog?  In the two and half months we have been here, we have never seen fog.  The next morning looked like this!

Several days ago we were riding our bicycles down the street and came upon this lady with her parrot.  She found it after a storm and has had it ever since.

There are two airlines that come to the island--Mayan Island Airways and Tropic Air.  If you come to the island on Maya Island Airways, you will have no problem finding your luggage.

The children here have to wear uniforms to school—the girls wear navy blue jumpers with white blouses and the boys wear white shirts and navy blue pants.  They are happy, friendly, beautiful children.

A good job here is dog walking.  You have to be in control of the dogs and make sure they all get along with each other.  It is easiest if all of the dogs walk at the same pace but sometimes one sneaks in on you.






Hangin With The Tall Dogs

 

Boop-Boop-A-Doop

If you’re going to have a Tiki god in your advertising, you have to make the image fit.

The only church that is located where you can easily find it is the Catholic Church on Front Street.  The others all seem to be in obscure locations.  One way to make sure people know where you are is to advertise immediately as the people arrive on the island.   Let them see you before they even touch the ground.

We have screens on our windows but not on our door.  The water in the clear plastic bag really does keep the flies away.

Not long ago there was a conference here that included several presidents and other high officials from many of the Latin American countries.  They stayed at the Coco Beach resort at the North end of the island.  In order to create a good impression, Belize spent a million dollars fixing the three and a half mile stretch of road from town to the resort.  Here is how the road looked after they fixed it.

Gail and I still look the same.