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Hey, Dan -- It was awesome!
San Pedro is a blast. There are some good places to stay, eat (and drink). I stayed at the Banyan Bay Resort, and it is easily as nice as anything I've seen in the states (they're 4-plexes). My condo had satellite TV/cable and all the comforts of home. Their restaurant is wonderful -- even at breakfast. The barrier reef is about a half-mile offshore, but it's the second largest in the world (behind Australia's) so you could dive every day for years and not see it all. What I liked most about it is that on the inshore side, it's only 20 to 30 feet deep, so you get incredible bottom time. Another pleasant surprise -- no dead coral. Unlike the reefs in the Florida Keys, that reef is thriving, and is full of colorful stuff to look at, which is not a problem with typical over 100-foot visibility. I also dove "Shark Ray Alley" and saw dozens of huge Spotted Stingrays and the biggest Nurse Sharks I've ever seen. There's an excellent musician called "Barefoot Skinny" that plays at Fido's (fee-doh's) a few nights a week (Saturday is the Big Night). He could make a fortune in the states, I doubt he's coming back. He married a French girl, who makes jewelry on the island, and has his own place called the "Hammock House" where he plays on Sundays. (Beware -- he has a nasty habit of giving Kamikaze shots to the whole house (and on the house) numerous times a night.) A lot of expat Americans show up at his place on Sundays, and it ends up being a really good time. They're great folks and will want to meet you. The weather is gorgeous. It's always between 80 and 90, but there's a constant 15-knot trade wind that knocks the edge off the heat. It's really comfortable in shorts and a T-shirt. The preferred mode of transportation is either via bicycle or gasoline-powered golf-cart. Get the golf-cart -- they're about $30 US per day, and well worth it. I did see a few 4-cylinder Toyota minivans and a jeep or two on the island, but that's about it. Prices are very reasonable. The Belizian exchange rate is locked in at half the US dollar. Everyone takes both currencies, so you'll soon get used to handing out a US ten and a Belizian five for something marked $25 bz. And yes, EVERYONE speaks English, but there is obviously a sizeable Hispanic population. They're very friendly, good people. In short, I highly recommend it! -- Stinger "Diverd4777" wrote in message ... Stinger, Welcome Back ! & thanks for the report. It's amazing how much stuff you can pick up down there on Shortwave - Speaking about "Down", how was diving ? How was the food? How were the accomodations? What's it like in San Pedro ? When in Bonaire, I was picking up Lots of South American Stuff , ( Didn't log anything; Just lazed about ! ) Dan / NYC In article , "Stinger" writes: I took my Kaito 1102 with me to San Pedro, Belize last week, and am happy to report that there is PLENTY of shortwave to listen to down there. However, they do have noisy powerlines (or generators, or something that makes a racket on various frequencies). Just for grins, I also tried some MW dx with it and was really surprised to be able to listen to George Noory on WOAI (San Antonio). The signal was fairly weak but steady, but since there weren't a lot of MW signals out there to interfere, the 1102 pulled it right in. FM was the biggest surprise. Two stations -- one playing Mexicano-style stuff, the other -- get this -- country western (the time I checked -- 88.1 Mhz or so). -- Stinger |
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"RJ" wrote in message . ..
Somehow, I find it hard to picture the Chinese family, gathered around the short-wave radio at night, to listen to BBC broadcast the "real" news....... It just sounds so WWII-ish..... More usually, it's college students listening to VOA "Special English" before their first class of the day. Lester Ness English teacher in China |
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60% of BBC SW listensers are in Africa, about 20% in Asia
Richard "Lester Ness" wrote in message om... "RJ" wrote in message . .. Somehow, I find it hard to picture the Chinese family, gathered around the short-wave radio at night, to listen to BBC broadcast the "real" news....... It just sounds so WWII-ish..... More usually, it's college students listening to VOA "Special English" before their first class of the day. Lester Ness English teacher in China |
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