Belizean Networking,,,,

It started a few years back when a net of sorts washed up. Someone, I don’t remember who, strung it across a seagrape tree on our property. Then someone else stuck some washed up Barbie parts in the net. It took off from there. It filled up with all the washed up ‘treasures’ our guests have found while walking the beach. Then another net was added, more Barbies, and then it became ‘art’.


Mark and Natalie come visit nearly every year and Natalie is responsible for all the latest’s cool stuff.


We call it ‘networking’.
She has added time in a bottle, a few hand painted hunks of driftwood depicting a nekked woman, a scarlet macaw, and a rasta giraffe? Just to name a few.

Here’s a well worn out flip-flop. Notice the nail repair job!



This year she also added a group of ‘village idiots’. (not a slam on the village people down south from us! nooooo)



And a way cool jaguar face painting!
Theres army men, firemen, dogs, horses, tanks, busses, motorcycles, legs, arms, torso’s, heads, feet, shoes, arms, everything you can think of is in the plastic area.
You never know what will show up next.
There's even a painting of Scurvy!

To the batcave,,,,

Our weekly trip to town was uneventful. One thing I will comment on, well, two things, maybe three, is the amount of grocery stores that have sprang up over the last year or so. It wasn’t all that long ago the only 2 store was Wallens and Olga’s. oops, I forgot Verlee’s. Wallens is still going after a few facelifts but Olga’s has changed hands a few times. It is now Nang Kee (chiney). The new ‘Youth Center’ project was scrapped about ½ way thru (under some shady circumstances) and it is now Nang Kee North, right next to Wallens. Verlee’s is now ‘Middle Chiney’. And then you have Everyday (chiney). Open every day even Sundays.
Siene Bight has Elvis’s store and they opened a branch in the Breach, Elvis North. Plus we have The Maya Point Market here as well, new location but same store.
They most all sell the same thing but it is very nice to have the choices now.
So just like the states where the Koreans have cornered the liquor stores, the Vietnamese have the nail salons, the Mexicans own the lawn biz, the Chiney here are taking the grocery stores.
S’Ok by me.

Then we saw Cassie with a new dog. Someone musta told her to ‘get a long little doggie’, cause she did! One of them tiny wiener dogs. Cute little thing, following her down the road.

Now onto the nightlife.
I set up a couple lights last night as Mrs. Barn was out with the ‘ladies’, and I tried to get a photo showing just how many bats swarm our deck at ‘banana-30’. (that’s scientific jargon for the time I set out a banana and it gets dark.)





But I can’t get one that is justified. So I move in close again and shoot individuals.
I posted a few to a Flickr group I belong to and I saw this bastard.
He is from Peru and eats fruit.


LOOK AT THE FUCKIN TEETH ON THIS STUD!!!
And the rabies just dripping from them.

I see a bad moon risin, I see trouble on the way,,,

Well, things have still been busy round here. Our season started out real slow but wholly shit did it pick up! Normally I would be looking for cheap flights about now for the spring, but even our spring looks to be a busy one. My flight to Denver might be a summer deal. Good for us I guess.
The economy up north has affected tourism everywhere. Here in Belize that same seems to be true, but a bit different. It looks like what I am seeing is that people still want to vacation but they are knocking it back a notch.
Looks like the smaller/cheaper places are doing good while the hi-end fancy-pants places are down.
I could be way wrong but that’s what it looks like from here.
And since the Breach is made up of ‘in the middle’ type business’s, looks like we are all having a pretty good start.

One restaurant I have not mentioned for a review is The Green Parrot. No reason, I just haven’t got there yet.
For this review I have to use our guest’s comments as a guide. We don’t ever go out ourselves but I recommend these places to our guests.
And lately I have been sending folks to the G.P. for dinners. We all know the cook there, Isabel. She has been here cooking at the various places a long time. Can’t go wrong when she is in the kitchen and this holds true now as well.
All our guests we have sent there come back with great comments.














Add one more to the must-do list! The Green Parrot, thumbs up!


A couple nights ago was a full moon. The biggest of the year , or some shit. Anyway, the power snapped out here round sunset and we began drinking all the beer before it got warm.
Then we saw the moon rising.
Out comes the camera and tri-pod, off to the beach we go.
I got off a few decent shots before the bugs got really hungry, but it’s too bad I had a belly full of belly-kins because I could have done a better job at photoing that moon. But it was fun and we both had swollen heads the next day!
What can ya say,,,,,

Is that my beer? And is that how you deliver it?

I received an email a few days ago describing how nice it is, after a hard day, to have a women bring you a cold beer.
Included with the email was a fantasy photo of what this sender assumes to be every mans dream.
Let’s dissect this situation and, one, see if we can clear up this misconception. And 2 see if I can do it without getting my nuts run through the blender.

OK,, firsts lets look at the fantasy photo.


We can all see the obvious pros to this situation right? Pretty girl, beer, and shes nekkid. What could be better?
First thing you notice is that keg is not tapped. And the fact she is lifting it makes you think it’s not full either.
Then it appears to be some weird brand, possibly German.

And isn’t it true that nobody like German beer? Don’t they drink it warm? Yeeeeck.
And when there’s kegs of beer around and a nekkid hottie, there is always the chance of a bunch of your drunken buddies showin up.
And what is left to the imagination here? Not much. Maybe that area directly behind the keg, but we can all guess what’s back there.

So what I believe we have here is a set-up photo. Not the real thing. This is just a fantasy if there ever was one.

Now, lets look at the real deal.



Here is my hottie with cold beer and she's heading straight for me!
First thing we notice is we know those beers are cold, we also know there is plenty more where they came from, and we know they are Belikin’s.
Now for the nekkid part.
Don’t you agree that having them fully clothed, then having to get them nekkid is part of the fun?
Kinda like a sport I suppose.
And I am the only one who gets to see the prizes!
It’s only fair, I do all the things required to get them clothes on the floor. I am not sharing what’s underneath with anyone! Right?
But Mrs. Barn being who she is, most have a pretty good idea what’s there.
(this could be the portion of the post where the blender gets plugged in)

So to sum it all up, I’ll take the real deal over the fantasy any day.
When you’re comfortable with each other you can work in your own fantasy.
Like me and my thing I have with teddy bear hamsters and a wrist-rocket.
And her when she makes me wear that Spiderman suit or has me act like Al Bundy.(?)
But I digress.

A babe in hand is worth more than what others are chasing!


Note: I did save the fantasy photo to a folder.

Drunk driving 101,,,

Our new road is not without some drawbacks. This particular incident was not the roads fault, completely.
Seems some guy was way too drunk which no doubt played a huge part in his inability to negotiate this slight curve and WHAM, right into the power pole!



Who was Capt. Onboard this vessel? I’m guessing Captain Morgan!
Snapped the pole off as you can see, and the power lines were laying across the road up to the point I arrived with the trusty Nikon.
The drunks walked away. The truck will no doubt stay there for awhile.

And in a side note: In the past this little mishap would have fallen into my lap to get remedied. No power to three house’s, two of which are rentals.
But not no more,, someone else’s headache now! I’ll just shoot a few photos and snicker.




How bout a food review?
In a hurry? Don’t need much.
These two items seem to go together perfectly.
Cock soup and Sperm Spirm.







OK, but you have to admit it will make you do a double take as you peruse the isles!