http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Belize/Toledo-District/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Central America Caribbean , Belize , Toledo District en-us Sat, 02 Jan 2010 04:48:43 +0000 Sat, 02 Jan 2010 04:48:43 +0000 Cd. de Belice Belice a 30 de septiembre del 2009.Saludos a todos.Ahi les mando algunas fotos del cruce de Puerto Barrios Guatemala hacia Punta Gorda en el sur de Belice. Llegue al pais por mar en lo que segun yo iba a ser un ferry o ya de malas un transbordador. Al llegar al muelle de Puerto Barrios me indican que me vaya al Pichilingo y yo por inercia me voy al barco mas grande un tran http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Belize/Toledo-District/Punta-Gorda/blog-463547.html I arrived in Belize City and was immediately greeted by the filthy hot air sneaking its way onto the plane. I stood around for about 15 minutes hoping to bump into a similarly minded traveler read poor who wanted to split the cab into town. Unfortunately the crowd was a bunch of whities on their little exotic vacas so I had to part with the 25US and make my way into town alone.I was dropped o http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Belize/Toledo-District/Punta-Gorda/blog-449035.html Wilderness Medicine CourseThis was a course designed to teach you how to practice medicine in remote areas when you have no supplies technology or support. It also taught survival and rescue methods. Unfortunately the course was a bit disorganized and it got cut short leaving out the medical portion. Dana and I did however receive the survival and rescue training and I will tell you the entertai http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Belize/Toledo-District/blog-441040.html 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 Belize photos May 2009 http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Belize/Toledo-District/blog-410963.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 Last week was busy once again with clinics we went to some very rural places in a couple of them we all had to see patients in one room with no examination table or anything so that was quite an experience. I also diagnosed someone with malaria on Friday my first 'proper' tropical diseaseAside from clinics we've also been managing to have a pretty good time with plenty of trips into town http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Belize/Toledo-District/Punta-Gorda/blog-402153.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 Some more photos from Belize of clinic things and cave tubing and the jungle lodge at the weekend xxx http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Belize/Toledo-District/Punta-Gorda/blog-400338.html Here are some photos of Belize so far.I'm still having a great time work at the clinic is really interesting and I'm still learning lots.This weekend we are off to a jungle lodge to go cave tubing floating down a river through some caves on a big rubber ring.I will write more soon. xxx http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Belize/Toledo-District/Punta-Gorda/blog-398998.html Sorry it's been so long since I last wrote..I don't have access to a computer at the clinic so it's impossible to update this and write much text. I've just borrowed someone's laptop quickly to write this. Hopefully I can get better internet access when we go away this weekend and I might be able to upload some pictures..Anyway I have settled in well at the clinic time seems to be going very http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Belize/Toledo-District/Punta-Gorda/blog-397185.html Arrived in Belize yesterday. Flights were fine. The local flight was fun a 10 seater with one passenger in front with the pilot And we took off and landed 4 times so now I'm a proAccommodation seems great we have our own little house with bedrooms kitchen living area utility room and nice hot showers Induction is tomorrow so I'll get to see the clinic then and find out what I'll be http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Belize/Toledo-District/Punta-Gorda/blog-395962.html eviter de regarder les photos de cet article si vous etes au bureau et que la journee est griseapres une longue matinee en bus nous sommes finalement arrive a Belize City. Nous ne pensions pas rester au Belize car les prix sont beaucoup trop haut mais un seul coup d'oeil sur la mer des caraibes et les photos des iles nous ont fait changer d'avis...juste une nuit une seule. Nous avons do http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Belize/Toledo-District/San-Pedro-Columbia/blog-392138.html The last time I visited Belize I had the fortune to go on one of the most unique tours on this continent the ATM Cave Tour. Since being in that wet dark cave I have learned alot about the unique creatures that live in absence of light and heat and swore I would never be crazy enough to enter again. Until St. Hermann's cave last November....and now the cave at the mouth of the Blue Creek wate http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Belize/Toledo-District/San-Pedro-Columbia/blog-376880.html Its 8 months ive been on the road Jesus it feels like ive started yesterday... then again it feels like ive been doing this for 3 years Belize was amazing On christmas day we had a bbq on the beach it was incredible we had jerk chicken grilled snapper and grilled lobster obviously prepared by yours truly.... i also made new years dinner which consisted of lasagna roast http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Belize/Toledo-District/Punta-Gorda/blog-362769.html Hallo Leute wie gehts denn soJa ich weiss ich meld mich nicht mehr immer anfangs der woche aber ich bin sehr stolz drauf das ichs uberhaupt tue. Denn die meisten leute die ich treffe haben zwar nen blog aber schreiben uberhaupt nichts oder vielleicht einmal im Monat. Also ich hoffe ihr konnt mir verzeihen. Dann erzahl ich euch auch eine geschichte und zwar eine wahre.wo soll ich anfangen... http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Belize/Toledo-District/Punta-Gorda/blog-361219.html Getting Ready to LeaveIt's well before New Year's and I'm getting more excited to leave for Belize every passing day. In addition to working on schoolrelated things still and buying or making Christmas presents I'm spending my time researching the country I'll be visiting. Aside from spending time in the school at Punta Gorda I'm most excited to escape the worst months of winter... http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Belize/Toledo-District/Punta-Gorda/blog-355831.html Its Day Ten in Placencia and I have my laptop with me on our front porch. Irsquom looking at the two kayaks we paddled all morning the coconuts our neighbors gave us and my snazzy new Big Red Bike Irsquom settling in remarkably well and every day Irsquom learning a little bit more and knowing Irsquoll be staying a little bit longer Within days of relocating to the tropics my inte http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Belize/Toledo-District/blog-348268.html I'll be spending time in Belize Central America this Christmas vacation and I hope to write about it... stay tuned http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Belize/Toledo-District/Punta-Gorda/blog-343834.html So I know i haven't updated in a while. This is mostly because nothing significant has changed and the last thing I seem to want to do at the end of the day is recount how boring and miserable my day just was. So I will try for a few pointsI'm leaving this coming friday afternoon i hope to meet up with mom and susan and then travel around a bit before heading home on the 14th. I'm really just a http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Belize/Toledo-District/blog-242208.html