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2025 Lobsterfest Block Party: Big and Very Very Tasty 13 Jul 7:22 AM (2 days ago)

Last night, Saca Chispas field, lined with over 25 colorful restaurant booths, was packed for the annual San Pedro LobsterFest Block Party. Music from DJ Debbie and the steel drum band, Panerrifix, locals and visitors eating and dancing, colorful decorations and lots and lots of drinks and lots of lobster.

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My First 2025 Lobsterfest Event: Pop-Up Market at Caribbean Villas 11 Jul 6:41 AM (4 days ago)

Ambergris Caye, Belize’s 2025 Lobsterfest has been rocking and rolling for about 10 days now and I am only now attending one of the events?

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Back Home (At Last) in Belize 6 Jul 6:55 AM (9 days ago)

It’s so good to be home. I traveled to the USA for the first time in 2 years – to visit family in very, very pretty coastal Rhode Island.

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Ambergris Caye’s First Pok Ta Pok Festival: History, Culture, Community, Amazing Food and FIRE 23 Jun 9:13 AM (22 days ago)

Yesterday Eco-Museum Belize and the Ambergris North Alliance hosted the island’s first Pok Ta Pok games and festival and…it was an AMAZING success. Bringing together culture and sport, music, amazing traditional foods like relleno and maja blanco…the community showed up to support the team, local artisans, the Eco-Museum and this pilot event.

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Emotional Public Meeting With No Elected Officials in Attendance: Dredging & Industrial Barge Landing at Mexico Rocks Marine Reserve 20 Jun 8:39 AM (25 days ago)

Public Meeting: Barge Development at Mexico Rocks Marine Reserve

Last night, we attended a public meeting at the San Pedro High School auditorium.

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US Embassy Meeting In San Pedro & Some Really Really Great Food 17 Jun 8:25 AM (28 days ago)

Each year, the US Embassy in Belize holds meetings across the country of Belize for US Citizens who live here. So far this year, they have visited Western Belize – San Ignacio in February, Punta Gorda in March, Placencia and Dangriga in April, the North – Orangewalk and Corozal in May, and now, the Northern Cayes.

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A Walk Around San Pedro Town: Everyday Beauty 11 Jun 8:16 AM (last month)

There’s a ton going on in the world right now. And…the island is slow. Tourism is down 30% since last year (a number I heard at a meeting yesterday) – sargassum is really coming in – and…I just might have a case of island fever.

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My Guide to the Food of Belize: A Delicious Introduction 9 Jun 6:36 AM (last month)

Just about everyone who visits Belize leaves saying the same thing: “We came for the sun, the reef, the snorkeling, and the adventure—and we left raving about the food.”

In love with the food.

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June 2025: Daily Events Calendar for Ambergris Caye 2 Jun 12:20 PM (last month)

This is a list of the many JUNE 2025 events and activities around Ambergris Caye. You can find this one and the most recent daily calendars on my homepage (so you don’t need to go searching…)

Carnival being set up for Dia De San Pedro festival a few years back…

But before I dive into the calendar, let’s start with the big-picture questions.

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Why I Love Elvi’s Kitchen – A San Pedro Favorite That Just Keeps Getting Better 28 May 6:37 AM (last month)

There are very few restaurants anywhere that truly stand the test of time: Elvi’s Kitchen is my top example on Ambergris Caye and in Belize as a whole.

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