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Gales Point Slideshow
Gales Point
Travel Blogs from Gales Point, Belize
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White Gyal
To begin, here is a list of things that happen in 7 Miles that don't happen everywhere in the States: 1. people ride horses through "town" to get to their farms. (I use "" to empasize the fact that it is actually not a town like we think. 7 Miles is ...
Settling into Gales Point
... Turtles Shores and leapt into the Carribean sea in our clothing, hauling our bags and supplies and other boxes of things Gales Point needed. The mosquitoes were ready for us. We were attacked upon arrival by droves of hungry beasties. We slathered on ...
Training overview
... a lot of natural beauty in Belize! ~The one night homestay with a family in San Antonio, Cayo. Their chickens (every family in Belize owns a few chickens that just roam around) were free to hang out in their kitchen. When one of the chickens decided ...
PARENTS DON'T READ!
... of the lodge had killed in the vicinity the night before and the cats had dragged down to the commons area. So, 1 point for Katy and Dom, 0 points for the world. Stupid act #2: Same plot with different characters minus the machete, headlamp, and ...
Some thoughts from the jungle
Today's entry comes to you in an itemized list form. I can thank friends Rachel Conlon and Dominic Alexander for inspiring me with list-making. Some things I never thought I'd own: 1. a solar lantern 2. a machete 3. a small bucket to urinate ...
Belize
This is a top pick! ... the island breeze all of nature wild and free this is where i long to be la isla bonita.... ladies, gents am in belize, a much underappreciated country on the side of mexico. i am on la isla bonita, where that madonna song comes from. when i ...
The Generosity of Belizeans
... I went as barefoot and pregnant since that is a cheap costume. I met some people who work at Yellowstone who were traveling through Belize who went to school with one of my friends from home. So Sunday comes around and I after waking up and making ...
Day 4 - by Danielle
Today was day 4, our first day of vbs and sports camp in the village. It was an absolutely amazing day. We started off with our daily trek through the jungle, wading through almost knee deep water all the way there. When we made it to the village, some ...
Day 8 - by Melissa
... from the village showed of the dance they created, to show different forms of worship. Then Jude, the intern here at Belize Missions and Retreat, shared a bit of Hebrews. After church we went for lunch at Alice's Restraunt, which is really ...
Missing the states!
I'm 7 months into my service and I've come to a crossroads; I'm both grateful for the wonderful experiences I'm having in Belize but also remembering the conveniences of home and longing for them a bit. Although I like not having the constant noise of ...
Day 9 - by Rachel
Day 9 started much too early, as usual. For breakfast we ate beans, eggs, and fried jacks- which are deep-fried doughy things that Suzi helped make, and they were delicious! After that we headed out to the village to do work projects. After a jolting van ...
Crooked Tree
Just a quick note.... Yesterday was spent in Crooked Tree, a village Northwest of Belize City. The bus ride was painful: about 50 people crammed into a bus meant to hold about 30. It was quite a relaxing day though; the town chairman told us about ...
Snake Attack!
... feet tall (all made with stone, no steel!). We walked up and litereally dangled our feet over the edge (remember, it's Belize, a country not laden with lawsuit-happy citizens, so guard rails were non existant). It was a beautiful view of the ...
Day 7 - by Leah
hello friends, I miss you all!!!!!! Ok so today was pretty chill, not much to say but i shall try to write a full paragraph :P Firstly, last night was the girls sleep over at the mission base. Well about 25 came and we played silly games and ...
Making Belize Tick
... highway. Orange orchard: Belizean for bybass. Here are some more things that make this country occassionally inconvenient but irreplaceably Belize: 1. You can't buy envelopes at the post office--they don't sell them. You have to to the Chinese ...
Day 3 - By Brianne
So today was our second day in Belize and our first day in the village! We walked from our missionary base to the lagoon and most of the road was flooded with strangley coloured water. once we were in the village (which was amazing), we loaded 19 ...
Diving in Belize
This part of my journey began with a flight from Miami to Belize City. It was followed by a 20 minute flight on an 11-seater single-engined Maya Island Air plane to Dangriga. Cruising at just 3000 feet, we had great views of the coastline before landing ...
My house guests
... village. One thing that is high on my list is teaching English to the adults. Some of them have been living in Belize for 20 years and haven't learned English yet. It doesn't surprise me though because even though the national language is officially ...
So Many Things!
... possible to come to a high end resort and actually never step foot away from your all-inclusive luxuary. You could potentially leave Belize beliving that everyone is healthy, happy, and has everything they need. I was on the bus the other day when ...
Day 6 - Leaders Update
We are still alive and well. And well fed. Currently the girls are having a sleepover with around 25 girls from the village, and are eating popcorn and watching a movie. Already tonight we have had a make-over competition, a marshmellow eating contest, ...
You'd better Belize it!
... last time i wrote i had just returned from Cuba. Well since then i have travelled down the Carribean Coast of Mexico, through Belize, and into Guatemala, and it went something like this... From Cancun i headed down to Playa Del Carmen, a beach resort ...
Day 5 - by Jori
... in the relationships they began yesterday, feeling even more comfortable around the kids. They are really getting into the culture of Belize, the food and talk and weather. Please pray for continued energy and for the weather to keep holding up - it's ...
Going Deep
... there on Friday, all day diving Saturday, and ten hours back on Sunday--What were we thinking?? But it was a fun trip. From Belize City we took a water taxi to Cay Caulker, a little island off the coast with a very Caribbean feel. Every other man ...
Gale's Point Manatee
We just spent a week in a small village called Gale's Point Manatee that sits in a beautiful lagoon. We stayed with Emmeth Young at the Maroon Creole Drum School --> http://maroondrumschool.com/. Emmeth is an amazing drum master ...
Gales Point!
We arrived safely to Gales Point, Belize, with all 9 girls in tow. for the next two weeks, i refer you to the team travel blog: http://www.travelpod.com/members/belize2008 it was a truely life changing two ...
Camping in the Jungle
... fresh seafood breakfast and headed back to Dangriga to pick up a stack of funta leaf and take another bus down the coast of Belize to the southern most coastal village of Punta Gorda, where I'll be taking an hour boat ride across the Gulf of Honduras ...
Gale's Point
... on the floor of the drum school for $25 bzd per night through Thursday night. emmeth is from gales point but is booked for many events throughout Belize, central America and the USA for shows. Jill is originally from Cincinnati but moved to ...
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