Español Es Muy Dificil Today is my second day of Spanish school and my fourth day in Antigua. My day goes something like this: 1. Wake up to insane church bells that have no rythym and appear to go off at anytime not just on the hour. 2. Eat whatever bizarre food my host family puts in front of me. Today I swear it was gruel (but love her to death for trying). 3. Practice spanish for 4 hours with my maestra. And when I say practice I mean me sitting there looking at her confused. 4. Break. Eat more weird food from my host family. Usually some unkown vegetable that has been boiled beyond recognition (again...sweetest lady ever.) 5. Two more hours of sheer hell in school. Repite (please repeat that) and Que? (what?) ... read more

Please...No More Rum! Well...i'm slowly making my way down the coast of Belize. Caye Caulker was great. Spent way too much time soaked in rum but made a lot of friends and even managed to get some snorkelling in. Literally ate lobster for every meal. Really liked the Hol Chan marine reserve. Got to touch a stingray and swim with nurse sharks. The only bummer is that my underwater camera doesn't seem to like the water and it broke. So i'm camera-less until I can find somewhere to buy another one. Big boo. Left Caulker a few days ago to hit the Garifuna festival in Dangriga. What a shit-show. Non-stop party but not really in a good way. We stayed at this place that was ground zero for the party and listened to really bad ... read more