Search
Close this search box.

25 Years Ago

An archive of a series of stories by Angel Nunez about the history of San Pedro, Belize. The writings reflect the life of a small fishing village filled with actual events, customs and culture, social life, successes, and problems all of which made up San Pedro twenty-five years ago.

Forever United

By Angel Nuñez This Friday, I joined a team of volunteers at the Reef Radio and Coral CableTelevision in a five hour telethon to raise funds for a Sanpedrana wife, mother and friend who

Read More »

A Few Strange Snacks Of The Past

By Angel Nuñez Today vendors come to your office or home to offer morning or afternoon snacks and you get a wide variety of goodies from empanadas, tacos, meat pies, stuffed jalapeño peppers, plus

Read More »

Old Timer or Modern Sanpedrano? #12

By Angel Nuñez YOU KNOW YOU ARE AN OLD TIMER SANPEDRANO IFFor Christmas you waited patiently for the 25th so that you enjoy your first apple.  Also you enjoyed nice juicy pears and delicious

Read More »

The Busy Month Of December (Part Two)

By Angel Nuñez “Oh yes, the month of December is a busy month today, way too busy.  But don’t you ever think the month of December or the Christmas month was not busy twenty

Read More »

The Busy Month Of December

By Angel Nuñez Oh yes, the month of December is a busy month today, way too busy.  But don’t you ever think the month of December or the Christmas month was not busy twenty

Read More »

A Look Back At The Garifuna Of Belize

By Angel Nuñez The Garifunas have been in San Pedro since the early 1950’s and have remained active in this community to this day.  The only difference is that today, they draw a lot

Read More »

Old Timer or Modern Sanpedrano? #11

By Angel Nuñez YOU KNOW YOU ARE AN OLD TIMER SANPEDRANO IFYou had a Garifuna (Carib) as a teacher during your primary school days.  Everyone remembers their Garifuna teachers because they were good teachers

Read More »

Learning From Dad

By Angel NuñezI learned a whole lot from my Dad and I am pretty sure most of you feel the same way.  It all depends what your interests and endeavors were, whether it was

Read More »

Las Animas -The Souls Of The Deceased

By Angel NuñezThere were two periods in the church calendar when no type of entertainment was permitted. The first one was the Lent season when the church commemorated the fasting of Jesus Christ in

Read More »

The Souls Of The Dead

By Angel Nuñez “Las Animas” are the souls of the dead.  They are spirits?  So where are they normally located?  Well, make a good guess.  They are probably resting in the cemetery beside the

Read More »

Old Timer or Modern Sanpedrano? #10

By Angel Nuñez YOU KNOW YOU ARE AN OLD TIMER SANPEDRANO IFYou remember those good old days when the village only had electrical power from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.  There was one small

Read More »

Old Timer or Modern Sanpedrano? #9

By Angel Nuñez YOU KNOW YOU ARE AN OLD TIMER SANPEDRANO IF:You remember that you had to study and do your homework immediately after school and finish before sunset because if you were caught

Read More »

Old Timer or Modern Sanpedrano? #8

By Angel Nuñez YOU KNOW YOU ARE AN OLD TIMER SANPEDRANO IFYou remember that during the rain, you used to get a crocus sack, fixed it in such a way that it took the

Read More »

The Flying Piñata

By Angel Nuñez If we look back at Independence celebrations of years gone by, you will find some amenities that the children and indeed the families enjoyed to the maximum and perhaps should have

Read More »
Search