Pictures of the past compared to what the island, life, and people look like today. A time capsule in images.
There was a time when Barrier Reef Drive, better known to many as Front Street, quietly reflected a turning point in San Pedro’s history. This photo captures that moment perfectly. The sandy street stretches ahead, wide and unpaved, still carrying the soft footprints of bicycles, pedestrians, and the occasional passing
Not very long ago there were only a few short piers or jetties along the shoreline of Ambergris Caye. This Flashback illustrates one of the few short piers, perhaps some 30 feet long with
This lovely flashback given to us by Mr. Geraldo Badillo, depicts a laid back fishing village just on the verge of turning into a vibrant little tourism haven. The boat, survival was a small
The greasy pole has always been a crowd pleaser and attention getter in San Pedro’s beach events. We should have them as often as we have events at Central Park. Indeed it is a
The San Pedro R.C. School has undergone a lot of transformation all due to population growth. This is the small village school serving a population of about 200 in the days of principal Guemez,
On the first days of the lobster season which started then on July 15, fishermen in San Pedro were really… really…really busy. It was like each fisherman would bring some 25 bags full of
Gone are the days of good amateur sports which carried 100% of community support. When semi pro sports came into being, the avid spirit for sports declined considerably. I mean the community used to
A few years ago everything was at a slow pace in San Pedro including the airstrip. Mike Estel, who has been Tropic’s long time pilot, took it easy and relaxed with the cargo boys
When Jerry McDermott first founded Paradise Hotel, he brought a small land rover jeep to the Island to run errands and guests of his hotel. Cruz Nuñez, one of the very few drivers on
It is without a doubt that Dimas Guerrero Sr. has been San Pedro’s Top Artist. At a very young age when Dimas had just begun skin diving as a fisherman, he found some black
It all started as Teatro Arenas, San Pedro’s first cinema. It was located at the site of Fido’s Courtyard which belonged to the late Fido Nuñez, and then moved in large sections to its
In the early days of tourism San Pedro was advertised as a laid back fishing village. Those were the days when the British soldiers on vacations placed a towel anywhere on the beach and
Perlita Zapata de Nuñez stirred up a storm on Facebook when she posted a photo of the Nuñez Family and other families that have assimilated into the Nuñez Family Tree. The reason for the
It is this renowned place called Paradise Hotel that set the pace for the development of tourism in San Pedro and Belize. After the pioneer Holiday Hotel, Paradise joined in to tell the world:
San Pedro High was not built in a day, and neither was Rome. It was Al Felly’s idea that if we taught the students some building skills, they would help to build our new
Thousands upon thousands of pounds of lobster tails used to leave this building every year to be exported to the United States of America. The little room upstairs was the fishing cooperative’s first office
Traditionally in Belize, the beaches overflow with activity during Easter. However in San Pedro, the beach has always been the most popular relaxation spot Easter or not, and also during summer, Baron Bliss Day,
