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.
Very little has been said about the northernmost tip of Ambergris Caye, the area known as Bacalar Chico. Let me begin by saying that many years back some locals had the misconception that this area was part of Mexico and not part of Belize. You see, this piece of land
By Angel Nuñez After the gradual decline of the Mayas in Belize and their total absence on the Island of Ambergris Caye, this island was practically uninhabited. There was the presence of a few
By Angel Nunez It is claimed that the population of Ambergris Caye is about twenty thousand, and most people view this as a very large population. But wait a minute. I want to prove
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
