Sam Tillett's Hotel Belize District

... for a ride or at least a busride with couple of Sarteneja ppl... 6 hours and the gates of Nathalie's and Ed's little rancho were wide opened...
there should be some official feedingpoints for mosquitos...these little evil *******s attacked with masses as soon as i jumped off from the truck...ruuuuunnnnn... passing a stubborn goat and the horses i escaped into the mosquito proof lounge:) i was gonna sleep in a hammock..smth i had been missing for... and ...

... pretty short, a mere 9 days. some beautiful scenery, lovely people but reasonably expensive by the regions standards.

Im still alive, it takes more than that to get rid of me, more infact than some 10 metre waterfalls that are due to follow in the next entry.

Before i go though. (cant imagine many of you are still reading, if you are though, take a moment for me)
This week my Grandmother passed away at the age of 91. After such a long time being on this planet, she had a ...

... After lunch we headed back to Dangriga with Captain Buck, to wash all of our clothes, and have a nice (cold) shower ready for hospital tomoz. It could be interesting tomorrow because another lot of students are turning up and there may be some more unexpected ones aswell!!!

Just thought I’d let the parents know that I have almost finished my bottle of factor 40 suncream (and I’m still burnt) and I have finished my Deet ...

... lizard in the house. Apparently they’re good because they eat all the bugs, however they make a rather amusing "chu chu chu" noise…. Don’t think that this tiny one will be too loud however!!!

Lessons learned:

Make sure people know you’re coming before who travel halfway across the world to get there. Bearing this in mind I have already emailed Hillside…. Just to confirm our confirmation!!!

... pretty excited. the road up there was really dusty and slippery, but the bus made it. i also had myt first coke at 1000 ft falls- just for you dad. that evening we picked up our BDF escorts, and went for a night walk at Rio Frio caves. we didn't really see anything great on the walk, but we did go into closing jaw cave. we were greeted by funnel spiders, which had flesh eating bacteria associated with them, and a really neat cavern. it was pretty neat ...

... on their website. You can go here to learn more about the show: http://www.hgtv.com/house-hunters-inter national/show/index.html In brief, the show recounts and documents you and/or your household's, "the contributor's," house hunting journey. The episode should capture and show our audience every facet of this incredible and exciting challenge - everything from the sights and sounds of your new location ...

... on the night of the 18th...Garifuna bands (consisting of drums, drums and more drums, a guitar, a couple of maracas, turtle shells and a conch shell) started playing in the streets, anyone who could cook set up street stalls and the street party commenced....and continued. It didn't stop until 7am the next morning when the canoes came in during the re-inactment of the settlement...then the ...

... deck with my book and sun tan lotion and soon joined by two English girls, Sarah and Wendy. Gareth was off enjoying the refreshing company of boys, Josh and Taylor (I found their names hilarious for obvious reasons). Our first stop of the day is a snorkeling spot just past English Caye. The water is crystal clear and so warm it's like swimming in an aquarium without the sharks circling. The teenage boys caught an 8 pound Barracuda which Miguel cut into steaks to have for dinner ...

... minute hike through the rain forest to the starting platform where you will be briefed and given your safety gear. From there, the next 2 hours will be spent "flying" through the forest along with the birds at heights of up to 85 feet high at the canopy level. Truly an adventure The cost of this tour is $75U.S You can also do the both together cost of this is $120.U.S with lunch

... and paddles back up to Crystal Paradise, where one of the workers took them from us and went down to bring the canoe up for us. It was still very early in the afternoon so, after cleaning up a bit, we got drinks and read in hammocks until dinner time. At dinner, we met the first new guests at Crystal Paradise since we had arrived. They were a middle-aged couple from Maryland who had come to Crystal Paradise for the birding ...