Archive for March, 2008


Ambergris caye - Storm brews woes for coffee importers (w/video)

Houston Chronicle - The Butchers sailed to San Pedro Town, Ambergris Caye, in Belize where they loaded 10,000 pounds of the roasted blend before returning home. Their plan is to sell the coffee through their El Lago Coffee Co. Winds unexpectedly strong About 11 p.m article details

MSNBC - She recommends Ambergris Caye, Belize’s largest island. The tropical setting was made infamous several years ago when the reality series Temptation Island was filmed there. There are plenty of direct flights from the northern and southeastern parts of article details

North Channel Sun - The roaster, Caye Coffee, on the island of Ambergris Caye in Belize, had not finished roasting all 10,000 pounds, and after being roasted, the coffee had to be packaged and loaded onto the sailboat. Once the cargo was on board, an inspector from the article details

Ambergris caye - Sailboat sinks, but not coffee importers’ hopes


North Channel Sun - The roaster, Caye Coffee, on the island of Ambergris Caye in Belize, had not finished roasting all 10,000 pounds, and after being roasted, the coffee had to be packaged and loaded onto the sailboat. Once the cargo was on board, an inspector from the

Reading Flaubert and More in Belize
Inside Higher Ed - Less expensive than Ambergris Caye, which we were told was built entirely on drug money, and more laid back, Caye Caulker was a small island of three main dirt roads, with golf carts instead of cars. We stayed a week in a small cabana back from the

Eugene Elias Gene Buckles (1922-2008)
Waterloo Cedar-Falls Courier - He leaves five great grandjoys: Jack, Sophie and Nate Willette, Ethan Dillon, Sadie Kurtz and long time friend, Wil Alamilla of San Pedro Town, Ambergris Caye, Belize. He was preceded in death by his parents and brother, Robert D. Buckles, M.D

Ambergris caye - Couple hope to deliver cheer, bring back coffee


North Channel Sun - Just a few weeks ago, the Butchers went to visit Caye Coffee, the shop that is roasting and packaging their coffee, in the town of San Pedro on the island of Ambergris Caye (pronounced key). In their very short stay, Joe and Terry noticed many needs

Under the sea: Local couple’s coffee boat sinks with 4,000 pounds of
KHOU - Joe and Terry Butcher, owners of El Lago Coffee Co., along with Joe s brother, Douglas Butcher, had planned to ship the coffee from San Pedro on Ambergris Caye in Belize to Galveston Bay to promote eco-friendly coffee trading

Skydiving industry contributes to the Belizean economy
Amandala - Four years ago a skydiving fireman from San Diego, California, named Rich Grimm spearheaded the first annual Boogie in Belize skydiving experience right here in Belize on San Pedro, Ambergris Caye. This past week, he and over 110 international

Belize’s fly-fishing triple crown
Denver Post - AMBERGRIS CAYE, Belize Barely 100 feet off a deserted, coconut-palm-studded beach in Belize, the professor was getting schooled. “Strip! Strip!” ordered fishing guide Kachu Marin, crouched next to my friend Mike Traugott on the forward platform



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