Ek' Tun San Ignacio

... come out of college (which is the same age range as your 'high school’) they are ready and trained for any job. They can work at an office, they can do accounting, they can do almost anything, but when a kid comes out of American High School, they will have to go to ‘university’ to receive that training.” Well what about the shack houses I’ve seen in Belize which are practically falling over? He responded, “Those ...

... 8217;re no where near our $2200 goal though.
After the weekend at ATM, two new
people joined the Cornerstone family, Dan from Portsmouth England and
Erika from San Diego. We became friends quickly and Annette and I
invited them to travel with us for the weekend. Friday morning, after
lunch, the three of us boarded the local bus for a 3 hour ride east
to Belize City. Luckily, we got to the market where the buses stop,
just as an express bus ...

... stuff. It takes a lot of discernment.
So when we arrived in Corozal, we went to the store to pick up some things and a homeless man came up to us. We put bug spray on him (because th mosquito's will eat you alive in Belize) and gave him what we had, which was a bag of cheetos and we prayed on him.
Later in the night, we met a family on the beach, learned some Mayan words, saw them go "net fishing" and swam with them. We went to ...

... Three people complete with day packs on their knees makes a very hot and sweaty experience. Just as one **** cheek was starting to go numb and the sweat was rolling down my back we stopped on the outskirts of San Ignacio and some people got off to free some space up. Yesterday we went to see the Xunantunichan Mayan ruins. The ruins were impressive and gave us a glimpse of what we might see when we get to Tikal. Although I generally ...

... have been peeled off to reveal older, better preserved ones. There is evidence of earthquake damage on several buildings around the site. However, it wasn't damage to the buildings that lead to the site being abandoned by its people, but damage to the reputation of the ruling class: they held sway over the common ...

Chicken buses So from belize city we decided to take a chicken bus. If your wondering what the heck a chicken bus is Its a old North american school bus that has been refurbished and is used in central america for a cheap means of transportation. So we took a chicken bus from Belize city to the belize-guatamala boarder. Highlights been so incredibly packed there was probably 3 people per seat and the same amount of people standing up... Not for the clausterphobic At one point a ...

... spray. By that time, we'd both gotten a number of bites on our arms and legs, and we saw a number of other people at the lodge who'd gotten it even worse than we had.

The lodge itself was lovely and well-kept, about as close as one can get to actually living in the jungle without foregoing the pleasures of civilization. The rooms stayed relatively bug-free considering that the doors weren't exactly air-tight, although we suspect the ...

... corners of the Earth. As well tune in at www.myrefugebelize.org for great Christian radio and we will be broadcasting live on September 20 starting at 5 30 local time which is an hour behind central time as we do no practice daylight saving times. As well as the eighteenth of this month we have our anniversary celebration, for My Refuge turns 15 that God has been faithful and provided for the ministry. Please also be in prayer for this event and consider ...

... fully, and the sight of fresh fruit wakes us salivate as much as Pavlov's puppy. Travel story of the day: when we arrived at Belmopan to get the last bus on to San Ignacio both of us were in need of using the toilets. Veronika went first while Marcos defended our seats on the bus. While Veronika was away a caribean lady selling sandwiches came on board. She was singing her sales and very happy and talking to everyone. When she got to Marcos she said with all the ...

... a good idea and I managed to bruise my other hip a bit. Selmo and the other guide from before climbed up high over the 1st pool and jumped around 35 feet into it. I wanted to do this, but decided against it after examining the precarious way to the jump spot. I was slipping quite a bit in my water shoes just crossing the rocks to get to the falls and pictured myself breaking a limb and missing out on ...