Riverside Hotel Dangriga

... Although it seemed Ray Ray was coming along for the ride too. Thankfully he found some locals to irritate on the bus instead. <br><br><br><br>Step five avoiding body fluids...<br><br>bus to Belmopan. Fairly uneventful. Was intrigued by the body fluids removal kit hoisted prominantly at the front of the bus. Also had to try and not stare at the young guys who jumped on bus wearing US rap t shirts which used sequins to depict the bling of the ...

Today started with Ward round and some more Baby checks. In the maternity room there is a TV showing an instructive how to look after your baby video&#8230;. It was American and terribly cheesy and seemed to be being ignored by all the women.<br><br>The air conditioning is working again, and so the little baby's temperature has gone which was a relief because we&#8217;ve started to get to know her mum ...

... screening mammography etc. It made me realise how constrained gps are in England-with only 10mins pr person it somehow seems that even in this country where there are such scarce resources patients may in some ways receive better care&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#82 30;&#8230;&#8230;..<br><br><br><br>Anyw ays, Sarah has just made lime juice so am off to try it. Wish me luck&#8230;&#8230;..

... hall to give the paper and crayons to the little boy and his brother&#8230; they seemed pleased.. still no smile though.<br><br>Late in the morning when were we back in paediatrics we had the idea (I should prob say it was Anwen&#8217;s idea because I honestly can&#8217;t remember and when she edits this, she might be annoyed if it was!) to make paper aeroplanes :D Luckily Anwen could remember a good one (I was totally useless&#8230; although I vaguely remember that my ...

... some of them walk 4 hours in the heat of the sun to get there. We walked 20minutes back to the house, were sweltering so headed straight to the beach.<br><br>The politics of being a student somewhere where medicine is practised differently is interesting. After all who are we to think we know more than doctors who have been practicing for years. The American students who are out here are doing a telecommunications project trying to help the ...

... out of the caves. As I said before I thought it was facinating and so much fun, but some others were a little clostrophobic and I have had a *************vincing steph that it is something we should do more often. I think everyone should try something like that at least once though. We topped off our day with a crazy swing into the river to float down in innertubes to our pick up point. We then, all 16 of us, piled back into the small pickup truch that had brough us there ...

... who prowling beneath our boat, sped in as the fish were being reeled in and bit each of them, leaving just their heads dangling on the end of the line. Our next two days on the island were spent doing a mix of snorkelling and sunbathing. We were told that there were plenty of Eagle Rays that inhabited the waters around the island, so we set out with the primary aim of trying to see at least one. Much to our ...

... 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 the wonderful chemical Deet, which helped, and then hauled all our stuff up to our ...

... own surrounding "lawn", the bar and restaurant were filled with expensive looking furniture, and it was filled with mostly middle-aged "explorer" tourists types with white beards and younger couples who were obviously on honeymoons or just plain rich. For about $320 a night, you can pay to stay in a place that looks more like it belongs in Maui than Belize and get none of the local flavor or culture. What a waste. We weren't ...

... at how sad I felt to be leaving the place. But leave I did, and after sleeping most of the 9 hour journey, my mood improved significantly upon meeting a hot Swede named Petra at the bus station in Belize City. She asked if I wanted to share a private room with her as she too was heading to Caye Caulker, and when she told our driver that either 2 singles or 1 double would do fine, my mood reached downright ecstatic heights. By the time she had stripped off within ...