The Beach in front of Ruby's Hotel
Video: Random Acts of Kindness
I was in San Pedro, Belize for 4 days and I was the recipient of numerous random acts of kindness. It appears that it just part of their culture here in Belize.
The random acts of kindness started with Island Divers who I did my scuba diving lessons with last year. I had kept in contact with my dive instructor and when I showed up at the office, Rudy the owner immediately starting thinking of who he knew that might have apartments for rent. When I came with a list of people to call who had placed advertisements in the local paper, Rudy was more than happy to let me use his phone.
I spent the rest of that day being toured around from apartment to apartment. I viewed the full range of housing from tourist grade condo’s tol third world apartments for the locals. Some were possible options and others were out of the question. I waited to find out if I would be accepted at a couple of the tourist grade places, because they normally only accept a 6 month rentals and I am planing on staying for 3 months.
The next morning when I woke up in my third floor hotel room, which has a big deck over looking the ocean, I felt how grateful I was for all the help that I was receiving. Plus I realized that I could stay put in this hotel room if necessary. My room at Ruby’s is clean, I am safe and I have some friends who are helping me. Plus I have 3 decks to choose from for my office depending upon how much shade I need. What more did I want, I was in heaven.
I already have my local cheap and good restaurants where I am a regular client. Coming home from breakfast that morning two guys who do condo sales for Captain Morgans started chatting with me. Before I knew it they had commandeered a golf cart, the local mode of transportation here, and were touring me around to every property management place they could think of. They called ahead to people to find out who might have space available. They found me a brand new apartment about a mile out of town, which was a great option and the owner was willing to rent it right away.
First I wanted to speak to Bob from Coral Beach Reality who had showed me a place the previous day. It turned out his client did not want to accept a shorter term rental. Bob however had heard about an apartment in a building where a friend of his lived. Bob picked up the phone and tracked down the owner and then drove me over to meet the owner. The owner had wanted to do some work on the apartment and didn’t really have it on the rental market, but it was perfect for me. It was at the far end of town so it would be easy for me to walk to the stores and to the local bar to go dancing on Saturday. And it is just outside of the hustle and bustle of the main part of town, plus from my deck I can see the ocean as it only 2 buildings away from the beach. It was perfect and I took it on the spot.
What was in it for all these people to help me? Nothing other than the joy that it brought to their hearts to undertake a random act of kindness for a Canadian woman wanting to write a book in the sunshine. These people have shown me how to open my heart even more to be generous and helpful just because I can.
