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We have a new part time chef at Lime called Jeovanni who has worked at several well known restaurants in San Pedro. We now have home made chips with our beer battered fish which makes them even better. You need to make Tuesday night a date in your diaries to start off at Lime before you head up to Legend's for their Jam night, then back to Lime in the morning for the hangover breakfast!
Singer Louie is always entertaining on and off the stage and was keeping these lovely guests of Reef Village very happy on their last night.
This pair are regularly seen out and about on the island and stopped by to have a quick bite and welcome me back. They live here part time and follow my blog and were concerned by the lack of it over the past few weeks so came by to check me out. I filled them in on everything in about 30 seconds, if you can't convince them confuse them I was taught by JD and off they went taking those lovely smiles with them.
Talking of lovely smiles here we have our 3 monkeys! Grant my counterpart with fundraising for Saga Humane Society, Piku who owns Mischief the clothes store and is responsible for the Indian night we are having this Friday. It is his brother flying in to prepare and serve the delicious three course meal that we are all going to have Friday evening between 6-8pm. We are hoping to convince him that there is a definite need for an Indian restaurant here in San Pedro so need a good crowd of people to come taste and decide if he is worthy. Last but by no means least we have the infamous JD. John Dalgarno to those not familiar with the nickname I gave him when we first met in the Cayman Islands six years ago. This is when he said on that first meeting " Stick with me darling and I will make you tons of money". Well over six years later we have made some money but better than that we have had one hell of a lot of laughs and he has looked after me like a dad. Well that's when he is not saying shows us your boobs babes which generally comes after way too much Jeagar and is said to all the girls and that's just not right! I have to say and think it can be seen in the photos that I post of the good people here in San Pedro that we have a great group of people that are each others family. We all have relatives elsewhere but whilst living here we are lucky that we have each other, American, Canadian, Indian and British we are all one big family of friends.
Friday afternoon came at us like a jet plane and it was time for the awaited for cook off as we missed February whilst I was in the UK.
Myself and my house mate, hairdresser and BFF, posing calmly before the storm, yes green is the obligatory color.
Kathy is a new member of the Lime team and on hand to help us tonight on the right we have Marie of Gecko Graphics, very happy that it is Friday and time for a beer.
Ashley who works at the restaurant in Fido's called Nautica finished her regular day job and rushed to Lime to help us and her room mate Cassidy.
I know we say this a lot but believe me this time we had to have had the best and most amount of dishes. They were all here by the 6pm start time and were all very well presented, we didn't want to dig in and start serving them up.
Someone was very ingenious with this addition to their dish as they were subliminally telling people to vote for number eleven the sausage casserole.
Had the lovely Tanya stayed in that position all night I am sure she would have won instead of being fifth place but one has to be fair no?
And they are off, unlike the past cook offs this one was at a steady pace instead of everyone being here racing to eat at six. We had people coming and going for the whole two hours and never ran out of one dish until they had all been tasted.
Jim Janmohamed minus his lovely wife Jamilla and Kathy who entered number one were very happy to pose as they were about to eat.
Check out this lovely bunch of women.
Shannon on the far left took over form Natasha and now Kathy in the middle is taking over from Shannon. Who wants to take over from me I ask? No way as for now I will lead my Limey's into the high season and beyond!
We had some great prizes which the cooks were eyeing up all night and hoping that they would be taking one home with them.
The lovely Sandra and Jan of Portofino who won the 2009 contest and were in this one in the hope of upholding their position.
As we are the base for the fundraising for Saga's Humane Society here in San Pedro it is only fitting that there is usually a dog hiding somewhere around the place. This is Phil n Marie's dog Ella who can be found allowing herself a tummy rub from anyone willing to give her one.
Shannon took time out to sample what she had been serving up all night.
To my right is Piku who will be supplying Lime with an Indian chef to cook on sight next Friday and on my Left the cuddly Jimjam who is looking a little heavier for his wife being away. He promises to get on his bike before she arrives back on the island but as he only has until Tuesday I sadly fear he will fail that mission!
Cassidy and Tracey did a fantastic job in the bar along with Giovanni and kept everyone in liquids and very happy.
Not sure what the joke was but cute picture and as it's my blog in it goes!
Is this the perfect family or what? A joy to have in Lime and as we are smoke free while there is food being served it is cool for the children to be there until they crash for the night.
Time to pose for one or two more, which like I said earlier makes a change on these nights but like every event in Lime no two are the same.
I know sorry more of me and the girls but there is now a special someone in the UK that follows this blog and I want them to see what we are getting up to and who with as I talk about the gang all the time.
A fantastic shot of the lovely Beth who manned this whole table by herself and did great. Nothing phases her and as always is on hand to support our events.
I was in charge of taking the money and stamping a paw print on everyone's hands.
This little princess was checking hers out.
She is so special that she got one on each hand.
Her little brother was happy to hang with Christine for a while too, giving mum and dad a chance to chat with people.
The smoking room!
What is that saying that everything has it's price well that was true tonight. I was asked by this young man if he could buy the T-shirt and we both came up with the same figure and it was his. I had a target of what would be great to raise and this would help towards that figure. Plus he is the chef of Portofino so how could I say no?
Time to count and call on Marie once again who is regularyly a judge here in San Pedro.
People awaiting patciently.
We had joint third place which was the curry dish number 7 and a late arrival number 15 which was a chicken casserole.
She is such a cutie.
Kathy came second with a beef nacho casserole, her hubby was very happy to be taking home the biscuits.
Time for tea they should be saying so that they can dunk them in.
The winner was yes you guessed it Portofino with Pork curry coconut stew.
One very happy team and rightly so, they brought a huge dish which took a lot of work.
It was a great night with $500bz being raised. The winner gets to nominate where the money will go and Sandra and Jan decided that the Aces school should benefit. Next week they will tell us what they want us to buy or put the money towarda. The next cook off is to be Asian dishes and will be friday 16th of April, cheers for now.
As with all of our lives there have been some ups and downs, the downs this week have been the worst ones ever since living here for nearly six years.
We lost a lot of dogs over the weekend due to someone putting poison in a yard at the north end of the island. As most of you that come here are huge animal lovers I know you will understand how badly this has affected us all especially as they were pets of very close loved ones.
Saga and the vet have done and are doing a great job with the sick ones in the clinics so our thoughts are with those ones right now, more news on this as we know the accurate details.
I am heading to the UK today to see friends and family and sort out my house over there so there may be lots or little blogging.
I hope you are all well and promise to post asap cheers and TTFN.
Check out this very special four legged lady who was very keen to let us all in.
It isn't obvious just yet but this furry friend only has three legs, which doesn't seem to hinder her very much at all.
Heidi who loves everyone and everything was an instant target for Susie and gave up some love.
They have a lot of space for their area and have it set up very nicely. They have field trips come to visit from the local schools so the tables are very much needed.
Susie is like the queen of the place and gets to hang out well where ever she wants to really.
Caroline was stopping a fight between to macho male dogs, she is a mum of two boys so I guess used to it.
Another cheeky dog who claims her table and stays on it.
Over to the bathing area, we got the full tour of every nook and cranny of their lovely shelter.
The grooming area of course as there is a bath ready and waiting to freshen up the furry ones and make them fluffy again.
This poor little thing had been found and rescued, she may not have too much fur right now but you wait and see how that will grow now that she is safe.
Check her out close up, she has a few sores and isn't too lively right now but with the care and attention she is getting she will transform in no time.
This poor guy has a few wounds that were being cleaned up by Tyrone and his helper.
Ok warning some sad shots coming up of some dogs that have just been rescued.
Check out that smile.
Little one again
This dog is so in need of a home but a lot of space as he can escape from anywhere and they are hoping to get him on a farm somewhere.
This one is very happy at the shelter and has been there a long time, as you can see they are all well fed and looked after under Caroline's watch. 
Now over to the cat area.
This blew us all away as the cats are home away from home, check out how they have decked out the cages and what they have in them for the cats to roam over.
Nothing goes to waste if donated to the shelter and Caroline and her gang go to the dump and bring back all sorts of weird and wonderful items.
There is a cooker and a fridge and even a clock!
Check out how small that kitten is.
It was like party time is this crib they were every where and supper happy too.
These cats should be called Heidi as they are red heads too, well sort of.
That's better a nice one of Heidi smiling which she usually does.
Look at me!
This cheeky one is saying let me in there to play with those cats.
They have put tunnels within the cages to get to one from the other which is super cool.
Most of them play nicely together.
This one wanted to say hi up close and personnel!
Check me out!
Sharing ideas which was what today was all about, they have things we don't and visa versa.
Jodie Bowen and Katy Eggert brain storming.
The cats were happy to have all these visitors today to hang out with.
Caroline is just way too funny, she saw that this was somewhere and broken and had a wrod with the right people and within a couple of hours it was delivered to the HS to be used for the animals to play in.
I was falling in love.
So was Heidi as this character was every where and just so happy to be hanging out with the girls.
Group shot of San Pedro and Belize City coming together to make things better for the animals.
Quick time out before we head to the tourist village to see how they make the most of their stand there.
Stumpy and friend still hanging out on tables.
After the tourist village we met up with some of the girls that had come to BC the night before for lunch. As is often the case we ended up at the Riverside Tavern which is the best place whilst in the city. As is often the case there were others from San Pedro there also, you can't get away with anything even if you try! However I stuck to not drinking or eating badly whatever people say I know the truth!
I never ordered this stack of onion rings nor did I eat them.
Chap joined the cackling group of women that we were, anyone would think it was a witches convention as there were eleven of us and Chap!
The lady on the left is Annie who is their vet at the BCHS, great to meet her and know that we have some expertease on hand whilst we haven't got a Humane Society vet right now.
We had the mini burgers with fish, which were ok but not as good as out slyders in Lime.
We shared a salad with the burgers, I figure if I eat what Heidi eats I will be her size soon hopefully!
It is located opposite the Roadkill Bar and above Crazy Cannucks for those of you that know San Pedro.
You can sit out on the balcony or inside if the breeze is too much. Thank goodness the weather has greatly improved in Belize and we are nearly back to normal, liking the breeze at night though.
Our hosts arrived and found us at the best spot in the house in my opinion.
Is she beautiful or what!
The Captain happy to be surrounded by women!
Happy as we are about to eat for a change!
Their crab cakes are absolutely divine, check out how decorative the plate is.
This was their chipotle shrimp which we had the sauce on the side as the Captain doesn't like anything too spicy.
This was the stuffed Grouper with a zucinni salad and Rosemary potatoes.
I had the stuffed chicken breast with ham and cheese with a cucumber salad and Rosemary potatoes ( not exactly on the detox don't tell Tracey).
Beth had the shrimp and pasta which had a real kick to it which she loved.
Of course it wouldn't be San Pedro without an animal somewhere near us, here we have the resident cat begging food of us. I may have dropped a piece of chicken by mistake!
We had to try at least one dessert so yes this is their version of a key lime pie, we had four spoons and all agreed it was worth the calories.
The whole experience in my mind at Blue Iguana is an excellent one. The service is great the food hot and fresh, it is a fairly limited menu but they always have everything on it. The ambiance is lovely and stylish. I would definitely have it on my must eat there list for the trip, if you need some extra guests I will always come!
There is seating to just watch the water and people walking past on the beach or a lovely fully loaded bar to hang at.
Once again the Blue Iguana is located south of town just past The Belize Yatch Club on the left hand side opposite the Roadkill bar.
He looks too happy to be leaving, however the reason for that is because they will both be back in March. That trip is for nearly a month so like they say the sooner people leave the sooner we will see them again!
You know how cold it is in Belize right now when you see our good friend Sari dressed like this!
Look who she was hanging out with, the lively Malcolm and Mary were back in town for a few days. Malcolm pointed out that the only bar he had been in on this trip was ours-Orange! I pointed out the colour of the walls and asked him where he was?
It was great to see them both and have our usual banter with him about life in our wee island and all the trials that go with it!
Mary has never been this cold in all their years of living here. For those followers that can't believe this trust me we have all been wearing jeans and jumpers and socks! Not what you want to hear if you are heading this way soon but it is cheering up by the day.
Group shot by Sharon C.
We tried to be just the blondes but if you know Malcolm you would not be surprised that he wanted in!
Sharon C and Malcolm go way back as they told me and always have a hug for each other.
Sari who never has a phone too far from her ear, I knew I could talk but that is just for England she can talk for the whole of the United States bless her!
It is so cool that we are located directly across from Tropic Air as people will always have time to stop and say hi or bye! Lime is like the windows of San Pedro as we get to see just about everyone and as those of you who have been here would know there is very little chance to hide anything even if you wanted to.
We started the day off with a breakfast meeting at the house which included English sausages and bacon and tea of course!
Check this out, hungry or what?
So who comes to breakfast on this windy Thursday in San Pedro? As can be seen we have the lovely Colette and Maya, along with Christine.
Gwen got my invite which I posted on face book, luckily there are not that many of us in San Pedro! Good god if it had been in the UK we may have had 40 people turn up.
Ari and Heidi made it eventually, only about an hour and a half late which by Belize time isn't too bad. She turned it into a working breakfast as she had us all folding in no time, Saga leaflets of course!
I spruced up the OJ's with a splash of vodka which got Colette going ten to the dozen-like she needs any help!
The morning was spent talking a lot about Saga of course as it is a passion we all share. So the afternoon was spent at the Clinic and the shelter, check these little adorable creatures out. This wee man is called bacon which is very appropriate as we had spent the morning eating it!
Here is Ingrid Saga's manager trying to get back in the clinic and keep these lively puppies out.
The lovely Kelsey stopped by to lend a hand of which hers is very good as she painted those signs beautifully without a stencil even.
She's back and on a mission to get as much done for Saga on this trip as possible so it was all hands to the deck.
Working girls!!
Very happy about their tasks too.
So what is one to do after hanging out with them you can't just go and leave them now can you? I am now officially a foster parent and have Chloe for a couple of days.
I challenge anyone who could say no to those eyes and that wee cute face!
She just loves this bed and sits still on it for ages, pees poops and sleeps, a lot like most youngsters eh!
Even Tracey a cat person fell in love with little Chloe.
Not too much at home or in charge you think!
A friend of mine from Chicago asked me to blog other things apart from Lime and let her know what I am up to in my spare time so there you go Racquel Saga and work, work and Saga, for now anyhow! For those that follow my blog and our Humane Society we have some very good news coming up and all is well, thanks for the emails, donations and best wishes lots of wagging tails to all of you cheers for nowX
Check out both that beautiful smile on Ashley's face and that delicious looking dessert which came from the restaurant Nautica that recently re-opened.
Wade with his home made Lime/rum cake, which we have small ones on sale at Lime.
It's a party night and we have Victor in charge of the balloon display as always.
Meet Shannon, our newest member of staff at Lime who has come in place of Natasha, and very happy to do so. Her first cook off so thrown in at the deep end but think she's a swimmer!
Check out those great prizes, not only do you help to raise money for a good cause but you might walk away with a nice bottle of something too.
My good friends Marilyn and Kate who got here nice and early to avoid the usual rush. They both like it that now there is no smoking while there is food therefore all cook offs are now smoke free!
The smoking room is available outside of course, we are not that mean!
These men were very friendly and not too camera shy!
A great start to the evening of a Saga Humane Society fundraiser was Grant one of the board members coming in with a donation of $100.00bz from a local businessmen. As you can see from that face all donations are gratefully received as Saga is a non-profit organisation which relys on grants, donations and the Vet clinic of which we are without right now as we have no vet.
Jamilla Janmohamed bringing in her scrummy entry of the night. Jamilla and her husband Jim are not only very close friends of all of ours but also generous donors of Saga as they have been on the island over 20yrs. They were here when Saga started over 10yrs ago and help to ensure it will be around for another 10. Jamilla is also a fine cook who is going to do an Indian night very soon in Lime as a fundraiser.
Chris Allnatt of Pelican Properties, hopefully spelt correctly this time, came to support our evening. It was his first cook off so hopefully he will not be disappointed, he looks happy enough to hand money over for the cause.
The overall winners of 2009's cook offs, Portofino were here with their entry for the Lime one.
Myself and Jamilla, happy to pose for the camera as we had both washed our hair this evening and were all glam ready for the after party.
Shannon put in two entries this evening so here we have her getting her chicken tacos ready which is a local favourite.
This dish has been creating some excitement all day as the lady that made it had had a stressful day and we thought that maybe it would end up with a chicken dish and drunken cook! However that was not the case as she came to Lime very sober with half a bottle of Tequila left bless her she should have drunk it.
This dish tasted as good as it looked and I don't even like beef, it was just as good as it looked.
Lime and chicken soup which was the entry from Lime Bar and Grill of course!
Also from Lime was the grilled fish. After I had this as a healthy option on Tuesday's Fish N Chip night I knew it was good enough to go into the cook off so Lucy prepared a dish to taste.
Shannon's chicken tacos were oh so very good indeed.
How professional is this entry, it was also one very tasty dish with two shrimps on each stick and a dipping sauce to go with it.
This was Sushi Sharon's entry who works at Lime but it was her own creation, we all know what a good cook she is and this shrimp concoction proved it.
Time for desserts. 
Key Lime cheesecake.
Lime meringue?
Here we have Rosa who is another Saga board member and her husband Joe who built our isolation unit that we have been raising funds for. She made a dessert.
The lovely Cindy who always supports these events with her equally lovely daughter.
Maya and Colette wrapped up for the winter we seem to be having right now. In the back round in the red is Ari another Saga board member talking to a newcomer to San Pedro, David.
The crowds are getting ancy and eat all that good food that they see on display, lets go we are hearing! We all know that everything is on Belize time and this cook off didn't start at 6pm but nearer 6.30pm.
JD and Maureen aka Madame, together in a picture together for a change.
A table of glamour and smiley faces which we always like to have in Lime.
Some regular faces.
These guys were all discussing who got the first appointment with Christine the hair dresser when she gets back from her weekend away-not!!!!
This beautiful lady brought her family to this cook off and is usually the one taking the pictures.
These two were having a cheeky taste after they had cut up all those tantalising desserts.
We made sure Marilyn and Kate were the first to kick off the cook off as they had been here so long waiting for it to start.That is one thing that still amazes me after five years living here we have the best support network-cheers ladies see you at the next one!
The lovely Jean on the right brough her Lime Cello for us all to taste which was a hit.
Not sure what this face was about on Colette but I thought she looked so cute and hip too!
More smiles from Jeff
The line up was long and feirce
Once we started it never let up for about an hour.
People don't mind the wait as it is all in a good cause and they know they will get there in the end.
Here they go again this pair are always eating, cheeky little monkies that they are!
This wee fellow wasn't on the menu so don't worry but he also wasn't supposed to be at the cook off, explanation to follow along with many more pictures of a very precious little puppy.
Cuter than cute and no bigger than Robbie's hand.
Cindy's mum from England is here visiting for a while, we think maybe she brought this bad weather with her but still love to see her!
The raffle had been planned all along but this little prop wasn't, however I have since heard from Robbie that he wants a puppy or a kitten every time he is asking for money for Saga! Robbie is the king of selling raffle and I would know as I am the queen of it!
I am sorry but there can never be enough pictures of something so cute and so helpless.
Time to check that everyone has voted so here we have the line up of all those fantastic dishes that people just sampled.
Oh look who's here again!
This is the lovely Morgan that found the puppy on the beach in front of Playa Lounge in a carrier bag! Along with her mum they took it to the private vet and got it checked out then came to the cook off as planned.
Time to add up all the votes and see who are the winners this month.
This lucky man won the raffle for the Ipod, the money raised was over $400.00bz which all goes towards the Saga Humane Society. He's pleased as punch eh!
In reverse order we have in 4th place, as it was so close this time we added that prize and I had some chocolate that I wanted to get rid of we have Portofino.
Third was Jamilla.
Second was Lime Bar and Grill with their Lime and chicken soup that is on the daily menu-yes a plug but what the hell my blog and my place of work!
First was Sushi Sharon who also works in Lime so lets just say that Lime cleaned up in the Lime cook off!
One of the free raffle winners was Jim Jammohamed who doesn't really need that selection pack either!
So what happened to the puppy at the end of the night I hear you all ask?
This is Caco, Ari's husband and they decided that this helpless little creature was going home with them.
The end of the night was drawing near, there were other parties going on tonight so people started to head out.
Cassidy had put her dancing shoes on which made her a whole head taller than Victor! Time to vacate the building!
It was a great night with well over $1000.00bz made, which is all going towards the upgrades at Saga. Good people, good food good clean fun, now the chore of coming up with the next theme, ideas are very welcome please email me cheers for now.
Tuesday nights in San Pedro
Posted by Lime Tours in The Lime BlogMar 10th, 2010 | No Comments It is Tuesday all over again and time for Fish & Chip night in Lime. As can be seen below Sari Frank stopped by to catch up and brainstorm about our new fundraising and awareness group we are setting up for the people of San Pedro. More details will follow as it develops but as you can see Sari is very excited about it which means everyone else will be too.
We have a new part time chef at Lime called Jeovanni who has worked at several well known restaurants in San Pedro. We now have home made chips with our beer battered fish which makes them even better. You need to make Tuesday night a date in your diaries to start off at Lime before you head up to Legend's for their Jam night, then back to Lime in the morning for the hangover breakfast!
Singer Louie is always entertaining on and off the stage and was keeping these lovely guests of Reef Village very happy on their last night.
This pair are regularly seen out and about on the island and stopped by to have a quick bite and welcome me back. They live here part time and follow my blog and were concerned by the lack of it over the past few weeks so came by to check me out. I filled them in on everything in about 30 seconds, if you can't convince them confuse them I was taught by JD and off they went taking those lovely smiles with them.
Talking of lovely smiles here we have our 3 monkeys! Grant my counterpart with fundraising for Saga Humane Society, Piku who owns Mischief the clothes store and is responsible for the Indian night we are having this Friday. It is his brother flying in to prepare and serve the delicious three course meal that we are all going to have Friday evening between 6-8pm. We are hoping to convince him that there is a definite need for an Indian restaurant here in San Pedro so need a good crowd of people to come taste and decide if he is worthy. Last but by no means least we have the infamous JD. John Dalgarno to those not familiar with the nickname I gave him when we first met in the Cayman Islands six years ago. This is when he said on that first meeting " Stick with me darling and I will make you tons of money". Well over six years later we have made some money but better than that we have had one hell of a lot of laughs and he has looked after me like a dad. Well that's when he is not saying shows us your boobs babes which generally comes after way too much Jeagar and is said to all the girls and that's just not right! I have to say and think it can be seen in the photos that I post of the good people here in San Pedro that we have a great group of people that are each others family. We all have relatives elsewhere but whilst living here we are lucky that we have each other, American, Canadian, Indian and British we are all one big family of friends.
The fun and games are back!
Posted by Lime Tours in The Lime BlogMar 6th, 2010 | No Comments T G I F, and for those that have been to San Pedro for a visit you will know that two are never the same and you never know what is about to occur. This particular morning this out going skydiver stopped by for a coffee and to use the free Internet. He came into the tour side to try and shock Tracey and I, now knowing how well traveled we both are! Also not knowing what a blogger I am and how the camera is ever ready so I shot away and as some of you may be eating as you read this I will just post this one but can email the others!
Friday afternoon came at us like a jet plane and it was time for the awaited for cook off as we missed February whilst I was in the UK.
Myself and my house mate, hairdresser and BFF, posing calmly before the storm, yes green is the obligatory color.
Kathy is a new member of the Lime team and on hand to help us tonight on the right we have Marie of Gecko Graphics, very happy that it is Friday and time for a beer.
Ashley who works at the restaurant in Fido's called Nautica finished her regular day job and rushed to Lime to help us and her room mate Cassidy.
I know we say this a lot but believe me this time we had to have had the best and most amount of dishes. They were all here by the 6pm start time and were all very well presented, we didn't want to dig in and start serving them up.
Someone was very ingenious with this addition to their dish as they were subliminally telling people to vote for number eleven the sausage casserole.
Had the lovely Tanya stayed in that position all night I am sure she would have won instead of being fifth place but one has to be fair no?
And they are off, unlike the past cook offs this one was at a steady pace instead of everyone being here racing to eat at six. We had people coming and going for the whole two hours and never ran out of one dish until they had all been tasted.
Jim Janmohamed minus his lovely wife Jamilla and Kathy who entered number one were very happy to pose as they were about to eat.
Check out this lovely bunch of women.
Shannon on the far left took over form Natasha and now Kathy in the middle is taking over from Shannon. Who wants to take over from me I ask? No way as for now I will lead my Limey's into the high season and beyond!
We had some great prizes which the cooks were eyeing up all night and hoping that they would be taking one home with them.
The lovely Sandra and Jan of Portofino who won the 2009 contest and were in this one in the hope of upholding their position.
As we are the base for the fundraising for Saga's Humane Society here in San Pedro it is only fitting that there is usually a dog hiding somewhere around the place. This is Phil n Marie's dog Ella who can be found allowing herself a tummy rub from anyone willing to give her one.
Shannon took time out to sample what she had been serving up all night.
To my right is Piku who will be supplying Lime with an Indian chef to cook on sight next Friday and on my Left the cuddly Jimjam who is looking a little heavier for his wife being away. He promises to get on his bike before she arrives back on the island but as he only has until Tuesday I sadly fear he will fail that mission!
Cassidy and Tracey did a fantastic job in the bar along with Giovanni and kept everyone in liquids and very happy.
Not sure what the joke was but cute picture and as it's my blog in it goes!
Is this the perfect family or what? A joy to have in Lime and as we are smoke free while there is food being served it is cool for the children to be there until they crash for the night.
Time to pose for one or two more, which like I said earlier makes a change on these nights but like every event in Lime no two are the same.
I know sorry more of me and the girls but there is now a special someone in the UK that follows this blog and I want them to see what we are getting up to and who with as I talk about the gang all the time.
A fantastic shot of the lovely Beth who manned this whole table by herself and did great. Nothing phases her and as always is on hand to support our events.
I was in charge of taking the money and stamping a paw print on everyone's hands.
This little princess was checking hers out.
She is so special that she got one on each hand.
Her little brother was happy to hang with Christine for a while too, giving mum and dad a chance to chat with people.
The smoking room!
What is that saying that everything has it's price well that was true tonight. I was asked by this young man if he could buy the T-shirt and we both came up with the same figure and it was his. I had a target of what would be great to raise and this would help towards that figure. Plus he is the chef of Portofino so how could I say no?
Time to count and call on Marie once again who is regularyly a judge here in San Pedro.
People awaiting patciently.
We had joint third place which was the curry dish number 7 and a late arrival number 15 which was a chicken casserole.
She is such a cutie.
Kathy came second with a beef nacho casserole, her hubby was very happy to be taking home the biscuits.
Time for tea they should be saying so that they can dunk them in.
The winner was yes you guessed it Portofino with Pork curry coconut stew.
One very happy team and rightly so, they brought a huge dish which took a lot of work.
It was a great night with $500bz being raised. The winner gets to nominate where the money will go and Sandra and Jan decided that the Aces school should benefit. Next week they will tell us what they want us to buy or put the money towarda. The next cook off is to be Asian dishes and will be friday 16th of April, cheers for now.I’m back and raring to go!
Posted by Lime Tours in The Lime BlogMar 4th, 2010 | No Comments Good morning faithful followers of this blog. Please forgive me for I have sinned, it has been four weeks since my last post and I have very little excuses.My trip to England was fantastic, my family are all well, my house looks great and will be rented out by tomorrow, and yes there is also someone very special that I spent a lot of time with.
Things had been tough here in our little island for a while before my trip and I needed to get away. Living on a small island when there is friction can be very hard, especially when it involves all the people around you and they are forced to get involved.
Getting away and spending some real quality time with the people closest to me made me realise what is really important. There are so many sayings out there along the lines of forget the small stuff but when it is around you 24/7 that is really hard to do. I need go no further or in any more detail as I have come back to San Pedro with the mindset that nothing negative will have an impact on my life. Living here to some people is the dream that they want to do and yes, Belize is beautiful with so much to offer. However, when you live somewhere you take it for granted and don't see the beauty around us that visitors are blown away by and are drawn back to.
Since coming back I have thrown myself into the fundraising for The Humane Society and have a huge Easter event planned and a FAB event. This stands for Foths Annual Ball which is to be held on Saturday June 26th which also happens to be my 40th birthday! Now I know a lot of you are saying good God she can't be 40 well I have to say I would agree with that however my passport says differently. I am blessed that friends from the USA and UK are coming to celebrate with me and everyone is welcome.
Lime is also very demanding right now as we are making a few changes there and turning half the tour side into retail space. Lots to follow on that as it progresses but lets just say for now all of this is keeping me out of trouble. We are starting the Lime challenge again next week in an attempt to lose a few pounds, raise some money and have a giggle along the way. These are my plans for the coming months to keep myself busy and ease the pain of being away from my friends, family and loved ones in the UK.
I promise there will be some photos to follow but today I have some friends staying over and am hiding in my room trying to be quiet-me I know that's a tough one.
I would like to say thank you for all the emails, texts, phone calls and face book messages checking that I am ok as I have been away from this longer than expected and people are concerned. I have started a new chapter in my life and think this blog may become more factual then personal from now on. However, my close friends have my email address so can ask all the personal stuff on that. Cheers for now I hope you are all healthy and happy. As someone once said to me, live the life you love and love the life you live, this is what I plan to do from here on inTTFN.
Update
Posted by Lime Tours in The Lime BlogFeb 1st, 2010 | Comments Off Hello followers of Boydie which is pronounced Boydeeeeee not boy dies just for the record. This past week has been a unique one even for our lives here in San Pedro hence a lack of blogging.As with all of our lives there have been some ups and downs, the downs this week have been the worst ones ever since living here for nearly six years.
We lost a lot of dogs over the weekend due to someone putting poison in a yard at the north end of the island. As most of you that come here are huge animal lovers I know you will understand how badly this has affected us all especially as they were pets of very close loved ones.
Saga and the vet have done and are doing a great job with the sick ones in the clinics so our thoughts are with those ones right now, more news on this as we know the accurate details.
I am heading to the UK today to see friends and family and sort out my house over there so there may be lots or little blogging.
I hope you are all well and promise to post asap cheers and TTFN.
Belize City’s Humane Society
Posted by Lime Tours in The Lime BlogJan 23rd, 2010 | Comments Off I love this sign and have a few friends that have been saying this to me for a long time. Here we are at the Belize City's Humane Society meeting with Caroline Bowen and her gang that do a great job of helping the animals over there.
Check out this very special four legged lady who was very keen to let us all in.
It isn't obvious just yet but this furry friend only has three legs, which doesn't seem to hinder her very much at all.
Heidi who loves everyone and everything was an instant target for Susie and gave up some love.
They have a lot of space for their area and have it set up very nicely. They have field trips come to visit from the local schools so the tables are very much needed.
Susie is like the queen of the place and gets to hang out well where ever she wants to really.
Caroline was stopping a fight between to macho male dogs, she is a mum of two boys so I guess used to it.
Another cheeky dog who claims her table and stays on it.
Over to the bathing area, we got the full tour of every nook and cranny of their lovely shelter.
The grooming area of course as there is a bath ready and waiting to freshen up the furry ones and make them fluffy again.
This poor little thing had been found and rescued, she may not have too much fur right now but you wait and see how that will grow now that she is safe.
Check her out close up, she has a few sores and isn't too lively right now but with the care and attention she is getting she will transform in no time.
This poor guy has a few wounds that were being cleaned up by Tyrone and his helper.
Ok warning some sad shots coming up of some dogs that have just been rescued.
Check out that smile.
Little one again
Heidi who wants to save every animal on the planet, this lovely person won't even kill a spider.
This dog is so in need of a home but a lot of space as he can escape from anywhere and they are hoping to get him on a farm somewhere.
This one is very happy at the shelter and has been there a long time, as you can see they are all well fed and looked after under Caroline's watch.
Now over to the cat area.
This blew us all away as the cats are home away from home, check out how they have decked out the cages and what they have in them for the cats to roam over.
Nothing goes to waste if donated to the shelter and Caroline and her gang go to the dump and bring back all sorts of weird and wonderful items.
There is a cooker and a fridge and even a clock!
Check out how small that kitten is.
It was like party time is this crib they were every where and supper happy too.
Here we have a decent picture of Caroline Bowen who does an amazing job of keeping this shelter running.
You look up and low and behold there is another cat not far away.
You look up and low and behold there is another cat not far away.
These cats should be called Heidi as they are red heads too, well sort of.
That's better a nice one of Heidi smiling which she usually does.
Look at me!
This cheeky one is saying let me in there to play with those cats.
They have put tunnels within the cages to get to one from the other which is super cool.
Most of them play nicely together.
This one wanted to say hi up close and personnel!
Check me out!
Sharing ideas which was what today was all about, they have things we don't and visa versa.
Jodie Bowen and Katy Eggert brain storming.
The cats were happy to have all these visitors today to hang out with.
Caroline is just way too funny, she saw that this was somewhere and broken and had a wrod with the right people and within a couple of hours it was delivered to the HS to be used for the animals to play in.
I was falling in love.
So was Heidi as this character was every where and just so happy to be hanging out with the girls.
Group shot of San Pedro and Belize City coming together to make things better for the animals.
Quick time out before we head to the tourist village to see how they make the most of their stand there.
Stumpy and friend still hanging out on tables.
After the tourist village we met up with some of the girls that had come to BC the night before for lunch. As is often the case we ended up at the Riverside Tavern which is the best place whilst in the city. As is often the case there were others from San Pedro there also, you can't get away with anything even if you try! However I stuck to not drinking or eating badly whatever people say I know the truth!
I never ordered this stack of onion rings nor did I eat them.
Chap joined the cackling group of women that we were, anyone would think it was a witches convention as there were eleven of us and Chap!
The lady on the left is Annie who is their vet at the BCHS, great to meet her and know that we have some expertease on hand whilst we haven't got a Humane Society vet right now.
Check out those happy faces, we are about to eat that's why!
We had the mini burgers with fish, which were ok but not as good as out slyders in Lime.
We shared a salad with the burgers, I figure if I eat what Heidi eats I will be her size soon hopefully!
Katy who doesn't have to worry about her weight had this juicy burger which she said was oh so fine.
It was a great day spent with some great people, lots of ideas to start on. Anyone following this and wanting more info on our fundraising events can email me on fothsbelize@gmail.com.
It was a great day spent with some great people, lots of ideas to start on. Anyone following this and wanting more info on our fundraising events can email me on fothsbelize@gmail.com.New Restaurant in town – Blue Iguana
Posted by Lime Tours in The Lime BlogJan 22nd, 2010 | Comments Off There has been this new restaurant in San Pedro for a couple of months now and we popped in on New Years eve, however Capt Jeff is in town and wanted to take us out to dinner so I suggested Blue Iguana.
It is located opposite the Roadkill Bar and above Crazy Cannucks for those of you that know San Pedro.
You can sit out on the balcony or inside if the breeze is too much. Thank goodness the weather has greatly improved in Belize and we are nearly back to normal, liking the breeze at night though.
Our hosts arrived and found us at the best spot in the house in my opinion.
Is she beautiful or what!
The Captain happy to be surrounded by women!
Happy as we are about to eat for a change!
Their crab cakes are absolutely divine, check out how decorative the plate is.
This was their chipotle shrimp which we had the sauce on the side as the Captain doesn't like anything too spicy.
This was the stuffed Grouper with a zucinni salad and Rosemary potatoes.
I had the stuffed chicken breast with ham and cheese with a cucumber salad and Rosemary potatoes ( not exactly on the detox don't tell Tracey).
Beth had the shrimp and pasta which had a real kick to it which she loved.
Of course it wouldn't be San Pedro without an animal somewhere near us, here we have the resident cat begging food of us. I may have dropped a piece of chicken by mistake!
We had to try at least one dessert so yes this is their version of a key lime pie, we had four spoons and all agreed it was worth the calories.
The whole experience in my mind at Blue Iguana is an excellent one. The service is great the food hot and fresh, it is a fairly limited menu but they always have everything on it. The ambiance is lovely and stylish. I would definitely have it on my must eat there list for the trip, if you need some extra guests I will always come!
There is seating to just watch the water and people walking past on the beach or a lovely fully loaded bar to hang at.Someone said to me recently that all we seem to do it eat and drink and party well hell that's what people come here to do for a week so of course we do that quite a bit!
Those of you that know me well know that I don't cook all that much, well to be honest we have Lime to eat at and when there are such good restaurants why would you!
I hope all my faithful followers are well and coming to see me soon.
I will be away for some of February but will try to keep the blogging up to date if the weather allows cheers for now from sunny Belize!
Once again the Blue Iguana is located south of town just past The Belize Yatch Club on the left hand side opposite the Roadkill bar.KIsses are exchanged!
Posted by Lime Tours in The Lime BlogJan 17th, 2010 | Comments Off This lovely man, Ralph from Canada brought me down lots of chocolate kisses for our fundraising for the Humane Society so I sent him back to his lovely wife with one from me!
He looks too happy to be leaving, however the reason for that is because they will both be back in March. That trip is for nearly a month so like they say the sooner people leave the sooner we will see them again! 
You know how cold it is in Belize right now when you see our good friend Sari dressed like this!
Look who she was hanging out with, the lively Malcolm and Mary were back in town for a few days. Malcolm pointed out that the only bar he had been in on this trip was ours-Orange! I pointed out the colour of the walls and asked him where he was?
It was great to see them both and have our usual banter with him about life in our wee island and all the trials that go with it!
Mary has never been this cold in all their years of living here. For those followers that can't believe this trust me we have all been wearing jeans and jumpers and socks! Not what you want to hear if you are heading this way soon but it is cheering up by the day.
Group shot by Sharon C.
We tried to be just the blondes but if you know Malcolm you would not be surprised that he wanted in!
Sharon C and Malcolm go way back as they told me and always have a hug for each other.
Sari who never has a phone too far from her ear, I knew I could talk but that is just for England she can talk for the whole of the United States bless her!
It is so cool that we are located directly across from Tropic Air as people will always have time to stop and say hi or bye! Lime is like the windows of San Pedro as we get to see just about everyone and as those of you who have been here would know there is very little chance to hide anything even if you wanted to. Day off in San Pedro-what to do?
Posted by Lime Tours in The Lime BlogJan 16th, 2010 | Comments Off Thursday came around not soon enough this week as there have been a lot of early starts, so what is one to do this week?
We started the day off with a breakfast meeting at the house which included English sausages and bacon and tea of course!
Check this out, hungry or what?
So who comes to breakfast on this windy Thursday in San Pedro? As can be seen we have the lovely Colette and Maya, along with Christine.
Gwen got my invite which I posted on face book, luckily there are not that many of us in San Pedro! Good god if it had been in the UK we may have had 40 people turn up.
Ari and Heidi made it eventually, only about an hour and a half late which by Belize time isn't too bad. She turned it into a working breakfast as she had us all folding in no time, Saga leaflets of course!
I spruced up the OJ's with a splash of vodka which got Colette going ten to the dozen-like she needs any help!
The morning was spent talking a lot about Saga of course as it is a passion we all share. So the afternoon was spent at the Clinic and the shelter, check these little adorable creatures out. This wee man is called bacon which is very appropriate as we had spent the morning eating it!
Here is Ingrid Saga's manager trying to get back in the clinic and keep these lively puppies out.
The lovely Kelsey stopped by to lend a hand of which hers is very good as she painted those signs beautifully without a stencil even.
She's back and on a mission to get as much done for Saga on this trip as possible so it was all hands to the deck.
Working girls!!
Very happy about their tasks too.
So what is one to do after hanging out with them you can't just go and leave them now can you? I am now officially a foster parent and have Chloe for a couple of days.
I challenge anyone who could say no to those eyes and that wee cute face!
She just loves this bed and sits still on it for ages, pees poops and sleeps, a lot like most youngsters eh!
Even Tracey a cat person fell in love with little Chloe.
Not too much at home or in charge you think!
A friend of mine from Chicago asked me to blog other things apart from Lime and let her know what I am up to in my spare time so there you go Racquel Saga and work, work and Saga, for now anyhow! For those that follow my blog and our Humane Society we have some very good news coming up and all is well, thanks for the emails, donations and best wishes lots of wagging tails to all of you cheers for nowX
Huge favour needed asap
Posted by Lime Tours in The Lime BlogJan 11th, 2010 | Comments Off Anyone that is coming over to San Pedro or even Belize in the next couple of weeks we need a parcel brought down with you. Please please please let me know asap and I will owe you big time cheers for now from not so sunny Belize right now.LIme’s Lime cook off-January 2010!
Posted by Lime Tours in The Lime BlogJan 10th, 2010 | Comments Off Friday night saw the first cook off in Lime for 2010, the theme which was suggested to us was Lime.
Check out both that beautiful smile on Ashley's face and that delicious looking dessert which came from the restaurant Nautica that recently re-opened.
Wade with his home made Lime/rum cake, which we have small ones on sale at Lime.
It's a party night and we have Victor in charge of the balloon display as always.
Meet Shannon, our newest member of staff at Lime who has come in place of Natasha, and very happy to do so. Her first cook off so thrown in at the deep end but think she's a swimmer!
Check out those great prizes, not only do you help to raise money for a good cause but you might walk away with a nice bottle of something too.
My good friends Marilyn and Kate who got here nice and early to avoid the usual rush. They both like it that now there is no smoking while there is food therefore all cook offs are now smoke free!
The smoking room is available outside of course, we are not that mean!
These men were very friendly and not too camera shy!
A great start to the evening of a Saga Humane Society fundraiser was Grant one of the board members coming in with a donation of $100.00bz from a local businessmen. As you can see from that face all donations are gratefully received as Saga is a non-profit organisation which relys on grants, donations and the Vet clinic of which we are without right now as we have no vet.
Jamilla Janmohamed bringing in her scrummy entry of the night. Jamilla and her husband Jim are not only very close friends of all of ours but also generous donors of Saga as they have been on the island over 20yrs. They were here when Saga started over 10yrs ago and help to ensure it will be around for another 10. Jamilla is also a fine cook who is going to do an Indian night very soon in Lime as a fundraiser.
Chris Allnatt of Pelican Properties, hopefully spelt correctly this time, came to support our evening. It was his first cook off so hopefully he will not be disappointed, he looks happy enough to hand money over for the cause.
The overall winners of 2009's cook offs, Portofino were here with their entry for the Lime one.
Myself and Jamilla, happy to pose for the camera as we had both washed our hair this evening and were all glam ready for the after party.
Shannon put in two entries this evening so here we have her getting her chicken tacos ready which is a local favourite.
This dish has been creating some excitement all day as the lady that made it had had a stressful day and we thought that maybe it would end up with a chicken dish and drunken cook! However that was not the case as she came to Lime very sober with half a bottle of Tequila left bless her she should have drunk it.
This dish tasted as good as it looked and I don't even like beef, it was just as good as it looked.
Lime and chicken soup which was the entry from Lime Bar and Grill of course!
Also from Lime was the grilled fish. After I had this as a healthy option on Tuesday's Fish N Chip night I knew it was good enough to go into the cook off so Lucy prepared a dish to taste.
Shannon's chicken tacos were oh so very good indeed.
How professional is this entry, it was also one very tasty dish with two shrimps on each stick and a dipping sauce to go with it.
This was Sushi Sharon's entry who works at Lime but it was her own creation, we all know what a good cook she is and this shrimp concoction proved it.
Time for desserts. 
Key Lime cheesecake.
Lime meringue?
Here we have Rosa who is another Saga board member and her husband Joe who built our isolation unit that we have been raising funds for. She made a dessert.
The lovely Cindy who always supports these events with her equally lovely daughter.
Maya and Colette wrapped up for the winter we seem to be having right now. In the back round in the red is Ari another Saga board member talking to a newcomer to San Pedro, David.
The crowds are getting ancy and eat all that good food that they see on display, lets go we are hearing! We all know that everything is on Belize time and this cook off didn't start at 6pm but nearer 6.30pm.
JD and Maureen aka Madame, together in a picture together for a change.
A table of glamour and smiley faces which we always like to have in Lime. 
Some regular faces.
These guys were all discussing who got the first appointment with Christine the hair dresser when she gets back from her weekend away-not!!!!
This beautiful lady brought her family to this cook off and is usually the one taking the pictures.
These two were having a cheeky taste after they had cut up all those tantalising desserts.
We made sure Marilyn and Kate were the first to kick off the cook off as they had been here so long waiting for it to start.That is one thing that still amazes me after five years living here we have the best support network-cheers ladies see you at the next one!
The lovely Jean on the right brough her Lime Cello for us all to taste which was a hit.
Not sure what this face was about on Colette but I thought she looked so cute and hip too!
More smiles from Jeff
The line up was long and feirce
Once we started it never let up for about an hour.
People don't mind the wait as it is all in a good cause and they know they will get there in the end.
Here they go again this pair are always eating, cheeky little monkies that they are!
This wee fellow wasn't on the menu so don't worry but he also wasn't supposed to be at the cook off, explanation to follow along with many more pictures of a very precious little puppy.
Cuter than cute and no bigger than Robbie's hand.
Cindy's mum from England is here visiting for a while, we think maybe she brought this bad weather with her but still love to see her!
The raffle had been planned all along but this little prop wasn't, however I have since heard from Robbie that he wants a puppy or a kitten every time he is asking for money for Saga! Robbie is the king of selling raffle and I would know as I am the queen of it!
I am sorry but there can never be enough pictures of something so cute and so helpless.
Time to check that everyone has voted so here we have the line up of all those fantastic dishes that people just sampled.
Oh look who's here again!
This is the lovely Morgan that found the puppy on the beach in front of Playa Lounge in a carrier bag! Along with her mum they took it to the private vet and got it checked out then came to the cook off as planned.
Time to add up all the votes and see who are the winners this month.
This lucky man won the raffle for the Ipod, the money raised was over $400.00bz which all goes towards the Saga Humane Society. He's pleased as punch eh!
In reverse order we have in 4th place, as it was so close this time we added that prize and I had some chocolate that I wanted to get rid of we have Portofino.
Third was Jamilla.
Second was Lime Bar and Grill with their Lime and chicken soup that is on the daily menu-yes a plug but what the hell my blog and my place of work!
First was Sushi Sharon who also works in Lime so lets just say that Lime cleaned up in the Lime cook off!
One of the free raffle winners was Jim Jammohamed who doesn't really need that selection pack either!
So what happened to the puppy at the end of the night I hear you all ask?
This is Caco, Ari's husband and they decided that this helpless little creature was going home with them.
The end of the night was drawing near, there were other parties going on tonight so people started to head out.
Cassidy had put her dancing shoes on which made her a whole head taller than Victor! Time to vacate the building!
It was a great night with well over $1000.00bz made, which is all going towards the upgrades at Saga. Good people, good food good clean fun, now the chore of coming up with the next theme, ideas are very welcome please email me cheers for now.
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Coconut Drive (Across from Tropic Air)
San Pedro Town, Ambergris Caye
Belize, Central America
Email: info@limetours.com
Coconut Drive (Across from Tropic Air)
San Pedro Town, Ambergris Caye
Belize, Central America
