Tuesday: Candlelit Dinner - Not For Valentine’s

I am surprised at how much religion features in everyday life here.  Last night and this morning I was at events marking the opening of a banking institute here in Belize.  And both events were opened with prayers, which is quite a common occurrence.  As an atheist, I struggle with this, particularly as it’s evident how much the evangelical churches hold back social progress here.

I had a variety of meetings in Belize City today, including a rather odd lunch where the venue decided it was going to hammer the Valentine’s theme even though everyone was evidently there for a business lunch.  It was hard to have a business discussion shouting over the singer warbling romantic tunes.

K cooked up a lovely dinner tonight.  Neither of us buy into Valentine’s Day.  It’s a purely commercial construct designed to extract money, when every day should be a show of love and respect. But we still had a nice candlelit dinner just because.

I’m sounding positively churlish tonight!