zip-pa-dee do da,
zip-pa-dee day
the taxes are done and
we'll be there in 14 days!

Plenty of sunshine
coming our wayyyyyyy
OHHHHH .....zip-pa-dee-do-da
zip-pa-dee day

Mr. Bluebirds on my shoulder....wait, it's a blue morpho.

Go and ENJOY
Pack....unpack, pack

you've been into the jelly beans again, haven't you? :p You are gonna have a great time!

It sure helps to have the tax man cometh and the tax man GOETH.

Jelly beans? me ?????

Think that half the fun is the "pack unpack pack unpack" action ....

Land sakes NYGal, ya gots a little something there on your shoulder

where was I ???

OHHHHH yeah .....zip-pa-dee-do-da
zip-pa-dee day

We just got back and sure enough we overpacked!! I know I brought (me guy) too much underwear! Swimming suit plenty for 5 days!! Gonna be warm now so maybe the suit/sea/pool, will be the way to go! Don't bring beach towels! Should be enough in your room! (At least you can ask before you pack).

Hope you had a wonderful trip larsteph - think I see some sand still 'tween your toes.

(gotta run up stairs and take evening gown, tennis sweater and crested blazer outta my suitcase)

16 days for me! I am starting to have dreams about being there already. . . .

soooooooooo excited

AWTY will only bring thong and heels

Is that the thong that goes on your feet, or somewhere else?

Good one
If she choose the foot one, there is another one that will match it up the road, north of the cut.

If she chooses the somewhere else one, well......there's no match

You are leaving yourself a little exposed on that one NYgal! (pun intended) I will behave. I won't say anything about what can match someone wearing a thong, or what is north of the cut, or.....

WOW....ya got me, good one

To bring beach towels or not depends on which hotels you are staying at. The budget hotels do not provide them.

A pareo or flat sarong, works great for a beach towel, drys fast and packs sooooo flat.

Excellent tip Chloe. The only time I have worried about having a towel was the first year I had my apartment there. I bought a beauty at a little pots, pans and matts shop on middle street, across from the casino. (hadn't realized before that you could even find a towel of that quality in SP). It was such a nice towel that I brought it home with me instead of leaving it behind. Whereever I travel, I always have a minimum of two sarongs with me and usually more. I do this even on cooler destination trips, makes for a good wrap while in the room.

Go to Bowen's - the Belikin Distributor, on Coconut Drive by Island Supermarket. Get a nifty Belikin beach towel. I cannot remember the price, $9 or $12? Cheap. Surprisingly thick. Take it home with you, along with a few bottles of Belikin. Towel comes in handy as padding for bottles. Once home, place towel in a sandbox facing a pool (if you don't have a pool, a child's wading pool will work), with a potted palm nearby. Crack open beer. Dream.....

Pick up inexpensive tee's here as well. This works in the event you have packed almost too lite and don't wanna do laundry. Take them home with you. Before giving away as gifts, launder.

And if you happen to come across a t-shirt with the moon goddess on it, please be sure to let us know.

ohhhh myyyy soulllll .... I'm gone for the day and the board just starts running amuck! Amuck I say. Hmmm ...let's see, in 13 days I'm gonna see a bluebird wearing a thong, (both kinds) ,and a sarong, spreading out a Belikin beach towel to sit on and while waiting for a moon goddess? Man I gotta go on vacation just to rest up from all this reading 'n writing.

Dob I have a Beliken beach towel with the map of San Pedro town, since 1993, but never take it back to Belize, for fear of losing it. The kids on springbreak took Beliken towel to SPI beach, and Gramma got on their butts.......lol

Dark blue Moon Goddess is a must, encrust it too if you have time

Just stay wet, ya won't need a towel. Take a hand towel, sarong and big books. Don't let the books snorkel, I think there is a law against that

OH OH OH, a hair tie or hat. It's windy often.
Unpack......to repack

Have been reading all I can about the laws of Belize and for the life of me can't find the one referring to books not be allowed to snorkel. Might just need to test that one out ... hmmm .... wonder where I can get life vests for the lil dears?

(I just knew that we'd get back to snorkeling, but thought that it would be on the other board!)

cannot comment on the legality, but this will help protect your literary gems (or trash novlels too, I suppose)

http://www.aquapod.com/details.htm

It'll leave your hands free to hold the Belikins too!

Nope won't work - no reading light!

:rolleyes:

use a dive light

hmmm .... might work. If I get it soon enough I can use it to work my way to the deep dark corners of my closet to find some summer threads to pack and unpack and pack and unpack (oops that was another thread). Gots to go in really deep .... 46 here Tues ..... 72 today! Dang .... Houston we have a problem .... I thought it was tooooo hot!

Ohhh meee ohhhh myyyyy .... what will I ever do in SP?

AWTY....aren't you there yet...yup it's me Goody and here I am ready to bounce up & down on this board again!!! I see that you've taken over since my departure...still packing/unpacking...you needn't worry...seems I should have left a few suitcases behind for you... would've should've...but hubby didn't mind carting them all over SP, Miami, & NY!!! Hey NY Gal...I owe ya a Belikin. Should've could've done it with a carryon. Next time I will!!! Missed ya AWTY and oh so envious that you are going to the place that I wish to go back to real soon. 13 days was not enough...next time at least a month!!!

Man just look at that smile on your face! What a happy camper you are ...

We leave next Tues .... is it Tues yet ??????

Save the Belikin till you return
Life is a book, a breeze, the ocean, sun and good people ..
Sounds like Belize to me

AWTY is still walking, walking and walking ~ by next Tues she will be near the airport with her carryon

This message board is loaded with so many hints.
What is it about you ladies that no matter how many times other boarders tell you to cut everything you pack by about a third, you just can't do it, and must lug enough crap for five changes a day??????!!!!!! L I S T E N U P!!!

AC IS VERY,VERY,VERY CASUAL.

BATHING SUITS, SHORTS,T-SHIRTS,SANDALS,FLIP FLOPS,
COUPLE OF HATS, AND A FEW LITTLE NICE CASUAL THINGYS THAT YOU LADIES BRING THAT CAN BE WORN AT NIGHT!!!

Hints, schmints....
I've now made at least 20 trips to BZ, and EVERY time, I take 2 suitcases, 69.9 lbs each, plus the deeogee, plus my backpack carry-on. I have clothes hanging in my closet down there already..... it's just a thing..... (I use the excuse that my weight is fluctuating, and that I have to be prepared for any size......)
(But I always take more zip-locs too!)

Jack....While my hubby is at work I must disclose the truth.....at least 3 of the 5 checked bags belonged to my hubby filled with fishing gear/rods and clothes. The other 2 were for me & my two teenage daughters! SHHHHH...just wanted to clarify the fact that it's not always the ladies that overpack ...Goody

ibanole, just curious, how long have you owned the resort & how much time do you spend on AC each year? Do you run another business in the states?

goody, you win the woman of the year award if you can get your stuff & two teenage daughters stuff in only 2 bags. Or were they two steamer trunks!!

J&R,
We bought Caribe Island Management a little over 2 years ago. My husband lives there all year, and I go back and forth, usually a month in the US, a month in BZ. I won't lie to you, I hated Belize at first, and the thought of being there for more than a week at the time made me ill. (I was much more a Florida/Key West/Cancun kind of girl. But, it has grown on me. I have spent up to 6 weeks there, but I sure do love coming home to Dairy Queen, Wal-Mart and yes, Neiman Marcus!!
I did have a business in the US, but sold out some time back. I don't know if you know my history, but I owned a wonderful Cheerleading Company for years. When my son died 3 years ago, my life changed totally. My husband and I discovered Belize, and I wanted nothing more to do with cheering. But honestly, while doing business in the US is a pain (you all know about Cheerleading Moms!!), doing business in Belize is a REAL challenge. My family and friends tell me that I don't have to watch "Days of our Lives" or "Survivor"..... I live it!!
Cheerz!
Vicki

Vicki,thanks for the info and I can't imagine what it must be like to have a loss like the one your fanily went through.I have two sons and I guess we all take things for granted sometimes.My wife Rose and I have always made it a point to tell our sons we love them when they go out the door because life can be cruel and you never know when the curve ball comes.The best part is they return the "I love you to". Our prayers to you and your family.

I see you live in the real deep south of Georgia.My brother in-law lives in Cumming, north of Atlanta.

I live in a small town north of Boston called Swampscott & just last week the Cheerleading squad went to Florida and blew everybody away with runner-up showing.Isn,t it usually those southern gals who place that high!!!!

Best regards,Jack