Have you ever wanted to
explore one of the Seven Underwater Wonders of the World.… paddle a
canoe down
a jungle river as iguanas sun themselves on tree limbs overhead.…
explore a newly excavated Mayan city where kings held court a thousand
years ago...camp for the night on a tiny
island surrounded by its own private reef....or stroll along jungle
paths in the world's only jaguar preserve? All this is
possible in
Belize.
Belize
is a country
where a pristine environment greets visitors from around the globe, and
where living coral gardens and exotic marine life highlight the Western
hemisphere's largest Barrier Reef.
 Above
all,
Belize
has more than its share of pristine beauty sculpted in our mountains,
tropical rain forests, ancient Mayan Kingdoms,
extensive caves, meandering waterways, and underwater worlds.
More About Belize
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YWCA RECEIVES DONATION FROM BELIZEAN AMERICAN
April 30, 2009
The Young Women’s Christian Association is the beneficiary of a kind
donation from friends abroad. Today the
Belize Association of Florida donated two brand new Dell
computers to the continuation school. While it might not seem much
for the faculty it marks the beginning of an endeavor in creating a
computer lab for its students. Receiving the contribution on behalf
of the institution was its president Dame Elaine Middleton.
Dame Elaine Middleton; President,
YMCA
“We have worked with the Belize Association in Florida on more than
one occasion. I think the last time was when we had a candidate from
them for Ms. Y International. We have also worked with them from the
stand point of the Consortium for Development. They do not call
themselves by that name but they are also a member of that
organization. That is an organization that also works for the
welfare of others and I hope the girls who are here today will take
example from this event today. I hope that they will make themselves
concerned about the welfare of other people.”
Following the brief ceremony Love News spoke with Carl Diaz. Diaz
and his wife are both representatives of the Belize Association of
Florida.
Carl Diaz; Belize Association of Florida
“The donation came about with a participant that was in the Ms. Y
Pageant last September I believe; Ms. Glenda Lewis. She is also a
member of the Belize Association for a number of years. She came in
and she saw the situation here and she suggested that they could use
these two computers. We put it to the board and it was approved that
we would donate two computers today to the YWCA.”
Middleton further explained what the intended use of the computers
will be.
Dame Elaine Middleton; President, YWCA
“Well the intention is to have them available for the use of the
girls in the health program. We are trying to set up a lab at the
moment so that the girls can learn how to use the computers. Because
we are self supported we have to go very slowly so we get them in
twos and threes. We are very grateful to the Belize Association of
Florida for giving us this two today because that will give us the
start.”
According to Diaz both machines are valued at approximately one
thousand five hundred US dollars.
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VOTE
BELIZE
Maybe you have watched NBC and you
are familiar with Matt Lauer on NBC
morning show. Every year he does a segment called "Where in The
World is Matt Lauer".
There is an online list where you can cast your vote on which
country
you think he should visit in 2009. Our country of
BELIZE is in the
running and your vote is needed to make it happen.
http://www.. <http://msnbc.msn.com/id/23960057/>
msnbc.msn.com/id/23960057/ to cast your vote for BELIZE .
Please forward info to friends/associates to spread the world
and big up BELIZE!!
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Vol.
11 - No. 10
March 15th, 2009
Taking it to the Xtreme!
First Belizean aims to set a
world record
The extreme sport of kite surfing has become a very popular sport
worldwide and in San Pedro it has gained much ground in the
popularity ranks amongst thrill seekers and sports enthusiast. One
young man in San Pedro is taking up the challenge of setting a world
record of being the first Belizean to be in the Guinness Book of
World Records by being the first to kite surf the entire length of
the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef.
21-year-old Martin John Leslie will attempt to set the record of
kite surfing in one continuous direction for 600 miles and he plans
on doing so in four days. Martin John is set to kite surf the
largest Barrier Reef in the Western Hemisphere at the end of this
month. His journey will begin at Isla Contoy, Mexico (just above
Cancun) and end at the Sapodilla Cayes in Toledo.
Martin John has been kite surfing for five years now and has been
arduously practicing for the event for more than two months. He has
managed to kite surf from San Pedro Town to Belize City in one and a
half hours this past Sunday.
Representatives of the Guinness Book of World Records will be coming
to the country to witness the event that is being sponsored by
SEAduced by Belize, The Belize Tourism Board and Hol Chan Marine
Reserve. More contacts are being made to obtain more international
media coverage for the event.
We will keep you posted on Martin’s progress and have full coverage
of his amazing fete. Ambergris Today wishes Martin John the best of
luck! Make us proud, Martin John!
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Blue Hole featured on NBC’s Today Show
 When
viewers of NBC’s The Today Show tuned in this morning, they found Ann
Curry in Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, Africa; Meredith Viera in
Australia; Al Roker in Iceland and Matt Lauer from the Blue Hole in
Belize. Lauer toured the world renowned environmental site diving, in a
helicopter, and by boat. In NBC’s Ends of the Earth series, Lauer and
his co-hosts are bringing attention to sites threatened by global
warming. Here are some highlights from Lauer in Belize.
Meredith Viera, The Today Show
“No, that is not a strange sea creature, that is Matt Lauer hovering to
the surface of the Blue Hole off of Belize.”
Matt Lauer, The Today Show
“The great blue hole is a marine wonder that has been fascinating
explorers above and below the sea for years. In 1972 legendary
oceanographer Jacques Cousteau brought his, boat the Calypso, into the
Hole and his cameras down into its mysterious waters. What they found
was a unique underwater cave that plummets four hundred feet into its
floor suspended along its walls and huge stalactites and rock formations
usually seen only on dry land.”
“After a few short minutes below the surface, I understood why people
have been coming here for decades.”
“The Blue Hole is truly extraordinary; it sits in the middle of the
longest barrier reef in the western hemisphere. Unfortunately, there is
some concern about that reef. A report card came out from a major
environmental group just this last Friday that said about ninety percent
of this reef is either in poor or fair condition, only a small percent
is in good condition. So they are keeping an eye on this because if the
reef dies, they lose a lot in terms of tourism dollars, important to
their Gross Domestic Product, but if the reef dies, the most important
thing is that the ravages of the sea head straight inland with nothing
to block them and the low lying areas of Belize and other countries are
in deep trouble.”
Matt was joined by Fabien Cousteau, Jacque Cousteau’s son. Today’s
report from Belize also featured a story on ecotourism. Matt will be in
Belize for another day and a half.
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 You may be wondering, who’s representing Belize?
Well, there are four athletes competing in the long jump, taekwondo and the two and four hundred hurdles.
The Belize contingent consists of track field athletes Tricia Flores who resides in Belize,
Jonathon Williams who lives in California, Jason Jones who resides in Florida
and Alfonso Martinez who took a break from his studies in Taiwan to represent Belize in the 2008 Olympics.
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