Lauren Kimia

For the journey from Flores across the border into Belize, we opted for a ¨luxury¨ tourist shuttle. By luxery I mean the seat barely fit both of us and we were surrounded by a bunch of older people. (no offence) Anyways, even though the company was a little dry, it beats a 10 hour ride in a chicken bus. As soon as we crossed the border, the scenary was completely different. Belize definately has alot more money than Guatemala. The houses had real roofs and were made of more than bamboo and concrete. The best best best part about Belize is that for the short time we were there, we understood what people were saying! You have no idea how wonderful it is to actually understand a language. English is so beautiful. In Guatemala we say ... read more

Woohoo! Definately our favorite spot in Guatemala so far. We planned on staying and studying for 2 weeks and ended up staying for a month. It´s really great here. Monterrico is a hard place to describe because it is just a tiny quiet town right on the ocean during the week, but on the weekend tons of tourists come in to enjoy the beach. Personally I like it better during the week when we are the only whities roming the one street town. There were many many nights when we were the only people at our hotel. I think we don´t like other tourists anymore, slightly hypocritical seeing as how we are tourists, but its just the truth. The heat of Monterrico is something else. It was an average of 40 degrees and heaving humid air. ... read more