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 During the last telethon that Mel Paz and I were conducting for Baby Elijah Eiley, we complimented the people of San Pedro for their ever generosity, cooperation and very caring spirit
By Angel NuñezThere is an exhibition at Disney World called, “It’s a Small World” but I am referring to our real world. It is indeed quite large counting with a population of 7.043 billion
By Angel Nuñez YOU KNOW THAT YOU ARE AN OLD TIMER SANPEDRANO IFYou happen to know these police officers: P C Massam, P C Hope, P C Sambula, P C Fuller, P C Smith,
By Angel Nuñez Was it different? You bet! Oh yes, we had a grand celebration, but we did it in our own wonderful way. Twenty five years ago we did not have a lot
By Angel Nuñez Two weeks ago I commenced on a story of the biggest festival San Pedro put on and it was on the occasion of Dia de San Pedro, St. Peter’s Day on
By Angel Nuñez I have written about buried treasures along the shores of Ambergris Caye that the pirates hid in the 18th and 19th century. However this time I will reveal about buried treasures
By Angel Nuñez In the book, The Little World of Danny Vasquez, narrated by a Sanpedrano, Danny recollects on the Grand Fiesta in San Pedro. June 29 is the Feast Day of St. Peter
By Angel NuñezThe ongoing problem with dogs on Ambergris Caye will not have an easy nor quick solution because owning pet dogs and how you deal with them is cultural. I will not even
By Angel Nuñez YOUK KNOW YOU ARE AN OLD TIMER SANPEDRANO IF In your days you could only buy nightly raffles from some women and children and on Sundays you bought Panama instead of
By Angel Nuñez Okay, so I have given you a little insight of how to knit a gill net and how to build a fish wire trap right in front of your beach in
By Angel Nuñez Besides the art of knitting gill nets, another dying art is that of the heart-shaped fish wire traps constructed along the coastline. In fact, San Pedro has gone from about 25
By Angel Nuñez Fishermen of the past were skilled in many arts besides the art of catching fish and lobsters. Some people might not think of catching fish as an art, but have you
By Angel Nuñez YOU KNOW THAT YOU ARE AN OLD TIMER SANPEDRANO IFOn July 15, the first day of the lobster season, you went, “Wow! when you learned that one fisherman delivered only fifty
By Angel Nuñez Before 1971 nobody had heard or participated in a graduation ceremony in San Pedro. There were no kindergartens, no high school, no Junior College, no university. Of course, there was the
By Angel Nuñez YOU KNOW YOU ARE AN OLD TIMER SANPEDRANO In the past it used to be said that if you see someone walking barefooted, you could guarantee he was a Sanpedrano. Well
By Angel Nuñez YOU KNOW YOU ARE AN OLD TIMER SANPEDRANO IF:As soon as I say, “Kaliman”, you know what I am referring to. Everyone used to look forward everyday to tune on your
