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
You know you are an old timer Sanpedrano if You only ate buns when Mr. Joe Alamilla used to bring them occasionally on board of the Elsa P that brought cargo to San Pedro.And
By Angel Nuñez You know you are an old timer Sanpedrano if you remember chewing up the chicken bone, lobster feet, and even sucked up and savored a fried fish head.And you know you
By Angel Nuñez You know that you are an old timer Sanpedrano ifyou remember Papa Blake’s House and think it was the most awesome building in San Pedro at the time.…..And you are a
By Angel Nuñez If you take a boat ride along the coast of Ambergris Caye today, you will hear some interesting names of resorts like Reef Village, Captain Morgan’s, Grand Belize, Las Terrazas, Coco
By Angel Nuñez In response to last week’s column on things made in San Pedro, I got several phone calls reminding me of things we used to make and improvise right here in San
By Angel Nuñez I recall with much fun how we used to make a lot of gadgets simply because it was cheaper and because at times they were not available on the island. They
By Angel Nuñez “I made five dead shots today, exclaimed a proud Sanpedrano fisherman. “Cho, that’s nothing. I made at least 20 dead shots today while spearing for hogfish,” boasted another one. What were
By Angel Nuñez Not being able to take a shower for 12 days is really tough and some friends mentioned to me that they felt goose bumps when they read this one. But that
By Angel Nuñez While last week I documented the delight of fishermen trying to fill up their giant iceboxes with lobster tail, this week I will document something that might raise your eyebrows or
By Angel Nuñez I was chatting with my good Sanpedrano friend Jason Forman who lives in the U.S.A. and was explaining how we used to preserve limes. He immediately commented that this was a
By Angel Nuñez There was a time when we had a kite season in the village of San Pedro just like top, marble, wheels, and a few others to go with lobster season, conch,
By Angel Nuñez His name is Daniel Dawson but everyone called him Mr. Dan. He came to San Pedro from Punta Gorda in southern Belize way back in the 1960’s and did fishing for
By Angel Nuñez I will be the first to admit that if serenades were very romantic twenty five years ago, they also provided opportunities for a lot of crazy stuff. And in all fairness
By Angel Nuñez Do you consider a young lad singing a love song at your doorstep a romantic event? Would you feel special today if a young man would come over to your house
By Angel Nuñez There are many things children get away with-today that we didn’t twenty five years ago. No, I’m not talking about the popular whippings, which were dispersed very freely by parents, relatives
By Angel Nuñez Sixty years ago there were rumors going around San Pedro that there was oil on the island. As children I remember playing in the lagoon and suddenly a bubble of air
