This is very interesting to me, as I love Chicago. I love gum and I love love Wrigley field! If you read this, all of that kind of makes sense. Plus, I just learned something I did not know, isn't that what this is all about?
The Hawksworth Bridge is the only operating suspension bridge in Central America. It was finally completed and opened in 1949 by British engineers. In the late colonial era, chicle ( raw gum for making chewing gum extracted from the sapodilla tree) became an important industry. All of it was transported to Belize City by boats traveling the river, before being shipped off to Chicago for the Wrigleys Company, a primary buyer of such raw materials. I never would have thought that this is where my Juicey Fruit came from!?
The valley was long used for minor agricultural purposes. However it wasn't until the arrival of the Mennonite religious group, who settled on the river banks at Spanish Lookout, that the valley became intensively farmed with heavy industrial machines. This area today supplies the country with most of its poultry, eggs, milk, beef, beans, corn, animal feed, sorghum, soya, and locally produced vegetables. Cool, huh?
Friday, May 1, 2009
Love
Two very close friends of mine recently visited Belize. They went snorkling, skydiving, and had the time of their lives!One night they went to meet up with the skydivers at a little bar on the water after a romantic dinner - Palapa Bar. As they were walking down the pier to the bar, Lyndsey was leading the way going on and on about what a fantastic day it had been and that it just couldn't possibly get any better. Chris begged to differ. He told her it could and when she turned around...Best day EVER. Chris proposed!!!
This picture is of the actual bar they got engaged at. They were just about 1/4 of the way down the dock.
This picture is of the actual bar they got engaged at. They were just about 1/4 of the way down the dock.
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