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 Really And truly, there are no roads in San Pedro. They all fall, up to now, within the town boundaries, therefore they are technically streets, not roads. But in San Pedro,
By Angel Nuñez I have been trying to keep out of all the controversy with the proposal of the changes to the football field and the famous boardwalk, and have managed to do soup
By Angel Nuñez Ambergris Today sympathizes with the Gegg Family and salutes a man of many faces. It is with a sense of great loss yet pride and honor that we remember Mr. Edgar
By Angel Nuñez There was no Weather Channel twenty five years ago. Nor was there a Belize Meteorological office that could give us the forecast for an entire week. But this is no reason
By Angel Nuñez It can be categorically and proudly said that twenty five years ago (in the 1950’s and 60’s) there were no drugs on the Island but a lot of parandas. Teenagers in
By Angel Nuñez This New Year’s Eve Dance was called Baile de los Viejos (Dance of the old people) because only the older and married couples were allowed at this dance. This was such
By Angel Nuñez Undoubtedly Christmas traditions are some of the things that have changed the most in our town if we compare it to our little village twenty five years ago. It can be
By Angel Nuñez Long Before the artificial Christmas tree and long before we started with this movement of going green, the Christmas tress in San Pedro were natural, truly green even though it was
By Angel Nuñez I must give credit to my good Sanpedrana friend, Lucy Dawson Gordon, who now resides in the U.S. for reminding me of those big days of the Caribeña Fishing Cooperative for
By Angel Nuñez Black Friday Deals is a big day in the business world in the United States of America. It is a day for Cheap Sales on the Day after Thanksgiving which is
By Angel Nuñez At this time of the year San Pedro and indeed all of Ambergris Caye is preparing for American Thanksgiving. With Thanksgiving comes the beginning of the Tourism Season so everyone is
By Angel Nuñez So now Ambergris Today has gone full time online and is a daily electronic news source not only for San Pedro and Belize but also for the World. Communication has indeed
By Angel Nuñez This week we heard some arguments over the Reef Radio Morning Show about the vendors that go to the Roman Catholic School to offer goodies to the children. It was very
By Angel Nuñez This past week I heard a radio reporter commenting over national radio that children were swimming in the sea during the high wave action of Tropical Storm Matthew that was entering
By Angel Nuñez The peaceful, quaint, little fishing village of San Pedro on Ambergris Caye woke up to a spectacular morning. The silver rays of the early morning sun were reflecting in the emerald
Last week I started on this story which I am sure is absolutely unique in style, simplicity and also the warmth of the San Pedro folks twenty five years ago. You may read the
