Altun Ha Trip Date Change

Hi to all...

Thanks to Carl Hanson for working with Tanisha Tours for a date change on the trip to Altun Ha.
The new date is December 30, 2008. If anyone is interested email Tanisha tour. This trip will also include a side trip down the Belize River for a view of the local animals and tropical flowers. Plus, a trip with this group is ALOT of fun.

Gloria

Air Fares

Air fare sale going on now. There are also flights on Continental, US Air and Delata

Airfares to Belize City (BZE)
International Airfares
Seattle, WA $347 RT * Includes all taxes (American)
Houston IAH, TX $306 RT * Includes all taxes (Delta)
Newark, NJ $355 RT * Nonstop flights, Includes all taxes (Continental)
Chicago O'Hare, IL $423 RT * Includes all taxes (American)
Atlanta, GA $456 RT * Includes all taxes (US Airways)
Boston, MA $345 RT * Includes all taxes (American)
Orlando, FL $334 RT * Includes all taxes (American)
Washington National, DC $314 RT * Includes all taxes (American)
Washington Dulles, DC $314 RT * Includes all taxes (American)
Philadelphia, PA $294 RT * Includes all taxes (American)
Charlotte, NC $302 RT * Includes all taxes (American)
Detroit, MI $323 RT * Includes all taxes (American)
Denver, CO $334 RT * Includes all taxes (American)
Tampa, FL $334 RT * Includes all taxes (American)
St Louis, MO $374 RT * Includes all taxes (Continental)
Cleveland, OH $351 RT * Includes all taxes (American)
Newark, NJ $334 RT * Includes all taxes (American)
New York JFK, NY $334 RT * Includes all taxes (American)
New York LGA, NY $334 RT * Includes all taxes (American)

Altun Ha Trip December 31st

Hi to all,

My guests are booking a trip with Daniel @ Tanisha Tours for the 31st of December. If anyone is interested in a CocoBeach group to Altun Ha, book with Tanisha Tours online.

Gloria

Owners meeting

Has anyone heard from Herm about the date for the annual meeting? Several weeks ago I was told that Rosalba was going to send out another survey to determine the date.

IF the meeting was held on January 22nd. Who can be there?

If we have 12 owners, we can call our own meeting.

Coco Beach Morning Pic

News from Coco Beach

Just a few notes to let every one know what is happeing in Belize. Kath and I will be going on "vacation" until November 6. We are taking some time off to visit family and friends in the States.

The island is quiet right now. Most resorts and restaurants are closed or working with reduced staff. The restaurant at Belizean Shores is open for take out only. You go to the door on the second floor and order.

A little work is being done at Coco Beach. The concrete workers were laid off and told to return on December 12 to start the office and restaurant building. Maricio's wood workers are building cabinets and installing woodwork in the villas and cassitas. Cassita 3 and 4 are close to being finished.

I have enclosed pictures of Cassita 5 and Villa 6, Villa 10.

Let's all keep in touch. Has anyone heard when the owners meeting is scheduled? Rosalba took and survey and was going to let everyone know.

Let's all pray for a safe hurricane season.

Here are some new pictures of the pool.

New to the Blog

Hi folks! We just want to introduce ourselves....Dan and Veronica from Santa Cruz, Ca....We just got back from a one week visit to Coco Beach. We are the owners of 9C! We had the pleasure of meeting Kath and Cullen, as well as Jaime and Donna on our last day there!!! Thank you Cullen for this Blog! I now feel connected to other people who have "taken the step" and bought property in Beautiful Belize!!!! I can't wait to come back! (Especially when our place is done!)

Shades

Thomas is making the rounds replacing the pulls and hardware for the window shades. Ours were replaced today and they work great. He plans too work his way to all the units in the near future.

Gustav

Gustav passed us by. He never got closer than 500 miles but left us with some very high tides and beach trash. Last night around 8:30 there were large waves that washed up to the steps of the beachfront condos. The beach rakers are busy this morning.

The pool is pretty much finished. The restaurant area still needs some work and the kitchen itself has not been started yet.

Wish us good luck through the next two months of Hurricane season.

Coco Beach Owners Annual Meeting

Several owners have discussed having our annual meeting this coming January. So everyone can make their travel plans, I am suggesting we use January 21, 2009 as the date we request from Doug. Please send me an email and let me know if you can or can't attend on that date. If we need to, we can move the date a few days forward or later if you already airline tickets.

Pool Party

The first Coco Beach pool party was held on July 16. Chicken, lobster and shrimp burittos were served pool side along with Mojitos to wash them down. Everyone had a wonderful time. The pool is beautiful at night with it's fountains and lights. Wish you were all here.

Casita #1 Officially Completed!!!

We received pictures today from Doug showing the items on our "punch list" had been taken care of by Fernando and his crew. It looks fabulous! We're very excited about our next visit in December. Wish it were sooner, but we still have a few more years until we can call Coco Beach our home.
Bye for now,
Pam and Dave

Special shout-out to Kevin

Carl & Juan removed the pump stand from the water in front of Coco Beach today!

Punta Gorda trip

On July 8, Carl & Donna Hanson (A2), Cullen & Kath Walker (B1) and Gloria Ramurez (E5) along with friends Gary and Gail Ubaldi, Rudolfo and Diana joined Tour Guide Mark Cal for a three day trip to Punta Gorda. Mark did a wonderful job of showing us his part of the country. We made a short stop in Belmopan to see the Capital and cruised for miles down the Hummingbird Highway past banana and rice fields.

We stopped and visited the Mayan ruins at Nim Li Punit (Big Hat). It is known for the large number of carved stellas. These stone monuments act as calendars and a written history of the Mayas.

We stayed at Machaca Hill Lodge (formerly El Pescador South). It is a very nice resort in a lush setting on top of a hill. They grow a lot of their own vegetables and fruit. The staff was very friendly and went out of their way to make us feel at home.

The next day we visited the market and had breakfast in Punta Gorda. Then we headed for the mountains and Blue Creek to visit the cave. Unfortunately, the river was flooded from the recent rain and we couldn’t get across.

Mark took us for a short hike to see the river, banana and cacao trees.

We visited Juan Cho and his family and got a tour of his chocolate making. He showed us how they cleaned the cacao pods and roasted the beans. We all had a chance to grind the beans and flavorings into paste on a traditional Mayan grinding rock. Everyone bought chocolate bars for the trip home.

Everywhere we went, we ran into Mark’s relatives and family. A quick hello and a wave and we were off again.
We returned to Belize City on Thursday. Along the way we stopped at Maya Center and the Belize Zoo. Everyone had a wonderful time. Hopefully we will plan another adventure sometime soon.