Leaving San Pedro was extremely hard, none of us wanted to go at all as we´d had such a wicked time there. But as it was pretty expensive we decided it was for the best to move on so on Tuesday morning we headed for the boat with tears in our eyes. The scenery from the boat as you wizz down between the Cayes and the coast is amazing, dense forest vegetation on the mainland side, the trees hugging the shore line. The country seems so untouched, we were traveling for miles without seeing a house at all, giving an amazing [View Full Entry]

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After the slow day we had in Cozumel the day before, we wanted to kick it up a notch in Belize. This stop and Roatan were the two I was most looking forward to, so we booked the Land Rover and Cave excursion, not really having any idea what to expect.. and what we got was far more than we could have imagined! We were off the boat by 8:30 and began the first leg of our jouney quickly thereafter. We took a covered/open air truck through the city passing schools and other parts of daily Belikan life. In Belize city, [View Full Entry]

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Hi Everybody! From Panama City, we flew to Flores, Guatemala, a town on an island surrounded by the waters of Lake Peten Itza. It once had huge Mayan pyramids, but they were destroyed by the Spaniards in the 1600's. Today, the town has many buildings painted in bright colors. The town only has one paved roads. The other one lane roads may have once been paved, but today they are only dirt and sand. The town was extremely dusty. All of the merchandise in shops was completely covered with dust. Our hotel sat on the lake and we enjoyed watching the [View Full Entry]

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So we went to the zoo on Saturday. It was an adventure, and definitely worth doing. We had to take an hour bus ride there, and third world bus rides are pretty ridiculous. This one involved having to rush the bus, because they don't actually sell tickets. Then, about ten minutes in, they made everyone randomly unload and reload onto a different bus. After that, Deidre spent most of the ride sitting on a bucket. We also didn't know that school buses could go that fast; it was impressive. The zoo itself was amazing. Rather than a bunch of individual cages, [View Full Entry]

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So, this is our first blog entry. Sarah and I are headed to Belize for 13 days. We've both recently graduated and decided we deserved a few days in the sun. We haven't actually left yet, it is more just to test it out. Our flight leaves at 2359 on 19 March, and gets into Belize City at 1150 on the 20th. We're going to spend a few days in Belize City, visiting the zoo and some museums. After that, we'll be heading up north to see some mayan ruins, and then to a little island off the coast to do [View Full Entry]

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We just wanted to let everyone know that we made it. It was a pretty easy trip. We both slept through the first flight and our lay over. Getting ready to board our flight from Houston to Belize, we ran into our friends Sam and Bree, who are here on vacation too. We rearranged our schedule a little so we can meet up with them later in the vacation and spend some time together. We went and toured a 200 yr old cathedral and visited an art museum. We're about to head to dinner, since we're both starving, but we just [View Full Entry]

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after the last night in our cabana in Mexico, which we spent with a scorpion, a giant spider and a small, but scary guy in a shell, we headed to Belize. Whereas we had found the Mexico a well developed country, Belize is a completely different story. Most of the travel we spent in post-american school buses with millions of locals carrying bags, fruits & vegs, other food, bicycles, cement, bricks, buckets, etc... and stopping everywhere, every 5 minutes. It was actually quite fun, since the belizeans are really open-hearted and helpful, though the space available for legs was definitely t [View Full Entry]

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We got to experience our first border crossing going from Mexico to Belize on Wednesday (17th). We had two options, to take a taxi to the Mexican border, do the formalities, walk across the bridge into Belize and take a taxi to the immigration building and then get a bus to Belize City which sounded like a lot of hassle, or get a direct bus to Belize City that would stop at the Mexican border, wait for us, drive us over the bridge to the Belize immirgation building, wait for us and then continue onto Belize City. No prizes for guessing [View Full Entry]

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Happy New Year to all my favorite people! The holidays were a whirlwind of new friends and adventures, and I can’t wait to share them all with you! I have been very busy making new friends and being a part of my new community! I have been training to be on the volunteer fire department, tutoring math in the small village north of here, housesitting, singing karaoke, and hosting and attending many board game nights. (It's been raining quite a bit!) Lots of my new friends are business owners down here too, so a lot of time is spent contemplating [View Full Entry]

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What a great day I had in Belize City. After leaving the Internet Cafe on my way to the hotel, and plans of going to San Pedro for the day, I met Elvis! I have to say, Elvis is the only Belizean man (so far)) that approached me and wanted to help me, and was not after anything else. How blessed I am to have met him! Elvis found me with a puzzled look on my face on a street corner, as I am looking around for a garbage to dispose of my uneaten Johnny Cake (somewhat of a heavy english [View Full Entry]

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