Valentine’s Day is celebrated here in Belize just like in the US. They have boxes of candy, flowers, balloons, and Hallmark cards. The major difference is that they are all extremely expensive.
We celebrated by going out to dinner with some friends from here in the complex. We went to a restaurant called Rico’s just down the beach a little. We had a nice meal at an outdoor table.
After dinner we went a little further down the beach to a little place right on the water because we heard they had some really good music. They were right. The first band played very upbeat rock and roll music from the 80’s and 90’s along with some of the oldies.
The next band started about 10:30 and played island-type music.
As we were enjoying the music, I couldn’t help but notice the diversity of the people there. There was a lady selling fresh, warm, homemade banana bread and chocolate chip cookies. Not such a big deal unless, like us, you do not have an oven. (In this picture she was obviously taking a break.)
There were people from around the world—Us, Canada, Asia, Africa, the Caribbean Islands—all enjoying the music.
Well, almost everyone was enjoying the music.
We had a wonderful, entertaining, and unique Valentine celebration.
We hope you had a Happy Valentine’s Day too.
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