The Beginning of the Journey to Belize

We began our journey on the one-hour flight from Denver to Dallas. Later going from Dallas to our destination, Belize. When we arrived at the Belize airport, we boarded onto a bus. When we stepped out into the country, we didn’t expect how thick the humidity was. We took an hour-long bus ride feeling the wind and viewing the wonderful country landscapes. You could see the palms and smell the jungle. It was a brand new environment than what we were used to. We passed by La Democracia, the village we’ll later be visiting and working at the school. We finally arrived at Monkey Bay. We toured around the compound seeing the shower, which uses natural water from rain; the composting toilets, which create gases to help cook the food; and where we will be spending the nights. During our tour, we talked about what is planned for the rest of the week such as the canoeing trip, visiting the Belize Zoo and heading up to the Mountain Pine Region.

We visited the Belize Zoo this evening to feed and play with some of the animals after dark. It was quite interactive and we were able to hear the howler monkeys, feed the tapir, ocelot and kinkajou. We saw the harpy eagle and spectacled owl in the dark forest.

We will not have internet access for a few days as we go to mountain pine region but we will blog again soon with more photos of our adventures.

Our descriptive words of the day: upbeat, intenseness, exotic, tiresome, humid, fun, amazing, interesting, exhilirating, tapir, sweaty, incredible, adventuresome, kinkajou, exciting, grateful, stupendous, different, swedish fish, wild & anticipation!