Blogs from Central America Caribbean - page 1932

Belize... official language; English... yey. No more ..gracias, por favor, hola, cervesa etc.. When we passed through the border, it was so exciting seeing all the signs in English.. and getting our Belize dollars, they even had old Lizzy on them. We went straight to Belize City and from there took a ferry to Caye Caulker.. one of the many Cayes in Belize.. and it was like paradise. A really chilled out island, with not many tourists, white sands, blue seas.. just beautiful. We spent our time chilling at ends of piers.. swimming, snorkeling.. and eating to local jerk chicken with rice n beans... We went snorkeling around the Caye, and were swimming with loads of Sting Rays, they were really close and was great to see (the guide was feeding them with sardines tho.. ). ... read more

last monday i went to a doctor in antigua for a bacterial infection and was given an antibiotic to take....that night i woke at midnight and was having an allergic reaction to the antibiotics. i called alejandro and asked him to bring me to the hospital. after 15 hours in the hospital (and many, many needles)...i was sent home with new medications. it is now over a week later and my condition has not improved. my skin is red and itchy...constantly!. i have not had a good nights sleep since last sunday night. yuck! last saturday i was feeling a little better physically and was feeling in a state of limbo. wanting to continue on my travels but not wanting to leave. after talking with stacey for a few minutes, i decided it was best to ... read more

Had a crash week in Guatamala, which is just stunning and deserves much more time! Antigua was beautiful and the shopping was great and very addictive! Panajachel on Lake Atitlan was also stunning, although smelt slightly as clearly everything goes in to the lake.... got a boat over to San Marco for a night, very chilled place. stayed in the Pyramids and had great massages and went to a meditation centre. Then hed down to the south coast to Monterico, stunning beach with black sand and stayed in a great room, although it did have cockroaches... -then it was up north, via Guatamala to drop Jess off and Samy and I went on up to Tikal to see the ruins in the jungle and the monkeys! This is short and sweet - no time to sit ... read more

Today was nothing too exciting. I started decorating my class in the morning, but then spent the majority of the day organizing school stuff with Chris. Our annual overviews are due next wednesday, and he and I just want them done ASAP. We worked through the textbooks and workbooks and have figured out where we should be at in terms of the materials and the year. The weirdest thing is that there's no curriculum. We pretty much just decide what we want to do based on the textbooks we are given. It's so strange really. For assessment, we're meant to just give them tests. I hate that. I feel like I'll be going through a lot of my programs and trying to see if I can add creativity and projects or assessments different from tests. Eeek... ... read more

Intro to Archipielago de Bocas del Toros The Archipielago de Bocas del Toros, in the Laguan de Chiriqui, is just 32 kilometers from the Costa Rican border. The archipielago consists of six large, mostly forested islands and scores of smaller ones; and the Parque Nacional Marino Isla Bastimentos forms a good-size chunk of it. Isla Colon Isla Colon is by far the most visited and developed of the Bocas del Toros islands. At the southeastern tip of the island, the town of Bocas del Toros is where most of the archipielago's accommodations and restaurants are found. A slow-paced community made up mostly of English and patois-speaking people of West Indian ancestry, Bocas is a great place to hang out for a few days. The town's relaxed,... read more