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South Ambergris Caye Neighborhood Watch pool party was a huge sucess. Loads of people turned out to enjoy some fun in the sun and listen to Kelly McGuire - John Arthur Martinez and other great musicians. I was lucky and won raffle prizes twice - a nice ecologic divers water bottle and scored water taxi tickets to Belize City and back - Tim trumped me on that one winning tropic air tickets. You can see more fun pool party pics on chunkyruth and Changes in Latitudes blogs. We knew it would be packed before we arrived Loads of people Lot full Paul buying our raffle tickets Roof top view of the party Band playing by the pool Dancing Speech time BBQ was great Shrimp skewers Chorizo and chicken Tents by the bar Conga line led by Tammy Lara working hard Conga line picking up people Conga line Conga line doing laps around the pool More speeches Sunny day at the pool More friends turned up Relaxing and chatting with friends

Samuel is a standard 3 student at Ambergris Caye Elementary school. He recently won a school raffle and the prize was a turkey. Since his family already had a thanks giving turkey Samuel decided that it would be a good idea to give the turkey to someone who did not have one. Mario and Vicky his parents and owners of the Hungry Monkey Sub shop decided it would be a good idea to use this opportunity to teach kids about giving. They suggested to Samuel to donate the turkey to the feeding program at Holy Cross School and made the offer to Samuel's class to help make turkey salad sandwiches and pasta salad and bring it to the school. The idea was to help the kids learn first hand that sharing with others is a rewarding experience and to teach them about being involved in the community. They also wanted the kids to go visit another local school and see what it was like. Ambergris Caye Elementary kids and their teacher Dora L. Hob were at hungry Monkey bright and early to start making th...

Chatting on the coconut phone with shuffles this morning - we are debating how cold the pool will be and if we are lazy to go or not. Annual Torch Run/Aids walk on Sunday, please help spread the word if you know anyone who would be interested in participating. The aim of the torch run is to strengthen the awareness of HIV/Aids and gender based violence in Belizean homes. The torch will pass through all the districts and on Sunday will arrive on the island. Everyone will gather at the Central Park at 10:30am on Sunday, November 30th. There be snacks and refreshments at the end of the run and an all day fair to raise funds for the Aids Commission. Calendar Girls update... Construction has started on a library/media center for the San Pedro Roman Catholic Elementary School donated by the 2008 Isla Bonita Calendar Girls. The new library/media building is located on the school grounds to make it convenient for the children with their educational needs. Funds were raised for the project wi...

Paul my mom and I hung out in town this morning before she caught the 2pm flight. View from Central Park tacoboy and tacomom tacomom and I tacomom chatting with Cherie and Coleen sitting with Miss Dianne Chatting with Dianne Lunched at Blue Moon Walking to the airport Almost time Bye tacomom Heading back to Canada