(me at the water taxi)So, here we are in San Pedro, a Caye (key) off of Belize. You are all happy to know that we made it to Belize just fine. I met Hana at the dallas airport, and found her half asleep due to the red-eye flight she caught that night. But, we made it onto the plane and into Belize. Hana's old host family picked us up from the airport and took us to their house. We ate a wonderful meal (Stew Chicken, rice and beans, potatoe salad, and Rice pudding for dessert...plus we even had fresh squeezed oj!) That night we chatted with the host family, and went to bed early. The next day, we slept in until 9 am! We then walked the 1.5 miles into Belize city where we caught a local bus to the Belize Zoo. There, we met two Australian Med students who followed us through the zoo. It was all good fun until we realized that we were getting eaten alive by some blood sucking bugs! AFter the zoo, we made it back to the city and toured around a bit. Made it back to the host familie's house and ate some snapper, beans and rice, and the best of all, Papaya Ice cream! Sooo good!
(hana playing with the animals at the zoo)
(me holding the boa at the zoo!)
(Tucan at the zoo)Today, we got up a little earlier, caught a water taxi to San Pedro and found our way to the FREE condo, right on the water! Life here is so exciting. I can't believe we are living in paradise, for free! We have airconditioning, TV, kitchen, the works! We met the man who lives downstairs to our place, named ED and he helped us out with the basic needs. He will help us out with anything that we might need.
(view from our condo balcony)That's it for now! Have to get off this thing before I am being charged for the minutes...i get the first 15 minutes free if I buy a drink...so I am trying the Belikin Beer (Belizian made!) Pretty good. Now we are going to try to find dinner! Catch up with you all later!
Well, now that I am uploading pictures and it is taking forever...might as well tell you the plans for the next 12 days. We are planning on staying in this sweet condo until after the new years. We have free snorkeling gear to use. In this internet Cafe, we met some fellow divers and are trying to plan a dive for tomorrow at 2. Looks like if I go with them it will be 30 dollars...so I am going to look around. Lots of divers here!
Kristen
