Dolphin we spotted on the beach.
On February the 27th I went back to the US to get our things ready to have shipped to Belize. We had spent the first six weeks in Belize with just enough stuff to get by on. I had to basically unpack everything and then repack it. I had to give an itemized list of every item in each box and state the value to submit to customs for approval before it could come in to the country.
Bill looking kind of sad when I was leaving Belize on the water taxi and heading back to the US.
Allan Hines with Belize Shipping Company drove to Mississippi and picked up our things. Allan left with our things on March 9th heading to Fort Lauderdale, Florida where they were then put on a ship and on March 15th our things were shipped out to Belize City. They arrived in Belize City on March 19th.
Loading the golf cart on the truck.
Almost done loading.
Everything is loaded and Allan (guy on the left) is driving everything to Florida.
Once our things arrived in Belize City, they had to be brought through customs. I was still in the US, so Bill had to deal with Customs. It was his turn to join in on the fun. The first time he went the barge had not been unpacked yet, so he had to go back two days later and everything was off the ship and ready to be brought though customs and then loaded onto a barge and shipped to Ambergris Caye an island where we live 37 miles from Belize City. It was quite a journey but everything made it to San Pedro and we now feel like it is home.
The Queen's Bond, this is where all of your thing are unloaded and searched by customs.
They gladly take your money here at the customs building at the invoice office.
The customs building in Belize City. Love the color!!
While visiting in the US I was able to get in a few bicycle rides on the Natchez Trace. I really do miss being able to ride long distances on my Trek road bike on the Trace. I have a beach cruiser in Belize, but being able to ride very far is just not an option. Unfortunately on my second ride, I had an unexpected accident that took me and a good friend to the hospital by way of an ambulance. I don't remember much about what happened except that I was in a lot of pain. I separated my shoulder and tore two ligaments. Thank goodness I am now on the mend and hope to go back to the states in July and ride again.
My fall on my bicycle cracked my helmet and took a nice chunk out. I will be buying a new one.
After a few weeks in Mississippi, I headed to Austin, Texas to visit my daughter an her family before heading back to Belize. I was able to get lots of Betty time in. Betty wanted me to take her to the Lakeline Mall where they have lots of indoor activities for kids. Betty loves riding the carousal and the train. The mall also has a bungee jump for kids. Kids have to weigh a certain amount to be able to jump and of course Betty wanted to jump. I asked Betty if she had jumped before, thinking she had not. But of course she replies "yes Grammie I have". So we go over and she is weighed and yes she just weighs enough. She pulls off her shoes and jumps right on up. They hook her up to all the harnesses and away she goes. I find out later that she had never jumped before because she didn't weigh enough. So we now have a little bungee addict. All she wants to do now is go to Lakeline Mall and jump on the bungee.
Betty on the bungee jump. (photo by Chris Lovin)
I made it back to Belize on April the 3rd after a nice long visit with family and friends. It was so nice to have my things now in Belize. After unpacking boxes for a few days and with it being Easter weekend, Bill and I decided it was finally time for us to take a dip in the ocean. So we spent each day going to the beach and cooling off in the water. We even took the doggies down one day and let them swim. It was a very busy weekend with lots of extra people on the island for the holiday.
Barney resting after a swim in the ocean.
I think they were trying to see just how many could get on this paddle boat.
The beach was not as crowded on Sunday.
Snowy loved swimming in the ocean.
San Pedro was all a buzz yesterday afternoon when the Attessa IV, a super luxury yacht was sited just beyond the reef with Bill Gates, American Business Magnate and his family on board.
Our journey to Belize started in September 2010, but we are finally settled down and ready to enjoy our life in Belize.
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