http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/aeviste/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from aeviste en-us Thu, 17 Dec 2009 05:21:16 +0000 Thu, 17 Dec 2009 05:21:16 +0000 My time in Belize is drawing to an end. Over the past couple of weeks I have realized how comfortable I have gotten living in this environment. Irsquom getting used to the heat if that is possible. I still squirm when I see a giant spider crawling in my room but my first reaction is not to bludgeon it with my hiking boots which in the wet season are little more than weapons against insect i http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Belize/Toledo-District/San-Pedro-Columbia/blog-420447.html Three weeks down six to go. Time has been going by pretty quickly although a day in the life of a kitchen intern resembles nothing like a routine yet. The wet season is getting underway in southern Belize. Heavy rains have swollen the rivers turning the winding turquoise stream into a swift muddy river. Itrsquos still beautiful but much harder to cross without an experienced person in the http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Belize/Toledo-District/San-Pedro-Columbia/blog-410961.html I arrived in Belize on May 28th and have been at the farm where I will be working for the summer for over a week. I caught my domestic flight to Punta Gorda PG without a problem and enjoyed watching the green scenery below only broken occasionally by a river winding its way to the Caribbean or by a burning field. The flight stopped three times at singlerunway airports that were mostly surroun http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Belize/Toledo-District/San-Pedro-Columbia/blog-401783.html