The Zoo

We all took a trip to the zoo and saw some pretty amazing animals. The toucan is the national bird of Belize and it very fascinating to see in person. There was lots of different things to see from alligators to tranchulas and almost all of them had a story behind them. Most were rescue…

Community Day

Today was unfortunately our last day, but we still had a really good time! A local DJ came to perform while we hosted our event making the experience that much better. The business and social work teams setup face painting and had a relay race for locals. Engineering had students building arches while the health…

Graduation

Our First Graduates!  It was very well earned because the substation is hot, humid, and there was 16 people in a small room! These were students from Dellile Academy, a school Officer Ferguson drove us by, and their IT Teachers on the far left. Officer Ferguson was a huge help in wrangling in numbers, but…

Xunantunich

Welcome to Xunantunich, a Mayan ruin that has been around since 600 AD. We had a very long walk up a hill to get here, but it was well worth it. The tall structure in the back is named “El Castillo” and is the second tallest structure in Belize. While we were on top of…

Bus Rides

Above in this picture is The Sleeping Giant. It is named that way because on the right hand side of the mountains you are looking at a face and to the left are his feet. This was one of the first major landmarks we passed on our way in and was very noticeable on other…

Caye Caulker

This was our last night on a breath taking island. Yes that’s me on the far right! After a hour long boat taxi, we arrived at Caye Caulker and everyone was very excited. Once everyone got settled in their hotel, we started to explore and found this awesome place called The Split. The Split is…

Shadowing Engineers

Today I woke up and had breakfast on the rooftop of the chaleanor and shadowed the Engineers while they put the footings in for their archway at Alejo Beni Park. It was a lot of work making the concrete to pour the footings. Later in the day, we hosted a girls computer session and it…

Hump Day

Today the entire business team took a trip to Sandy Beach in Hopkins to see where they were at regarding a loan we had given them last year. We also got to enjoy the beautiful ocean there while they made us a famous dish called Hudut. Hopkins is only about thirty minutes away from Dangriga…

The Cayes to Business

Today we had a drop in computer session at the police substation. Attendance was so high the first session that we converted this into another programming session. Again attendance was very high, but it was interesting to see how different people approach the same problem in various ways. This was all that was on my…

Pre Departure and Day 1

Hey everyone I am a little behind on posting but I will try to catch up! I was the one of the only ones who got quality sleep before traveling and I dont regret it one bit. We went from XNA to ATL then from ATL to Belize City. The bus ride from Belize City…