Things I did today:
-Went ziplining in the rainforest. Pretty cool.
-Went cave tubing. Awe inspiring.
-Ate termites. They taste like mint.
-Held a wild tarantula.
-Saw a small species of Toucan.d
Tomorrow we are heading a little further south to some great looking Mayan ruins called Xunantunich (Shoe-nan-to-nitch). After the ruins we will head back towards Corozal and stop at the Belize Zoo. We are all definitely excited, and the zoo is an amazing facility where we will see many interesting species of animals!
Thursday was Thanksgiving. It was an interesting experience being away from everyone for the first time too. While everyone was at Grandma and Papaw's house eating, I was at school working, and for my lunch I ate empanadas instead of turkey and dressing. The empanadas were great! Thursday night Marga's mom cooked us some food for a small T-giving surprise and it was really good too. Unfortunately, it made 3 out of the 4 of us super sick for some reason yesterday. So on one of our great days off we laid around the apartment paralyzed with stomach pain. Bummer.
Next week with school I'm teaching science and language arts to the kids. It will be an interesting and quick four days I'm sure. Friday morning, early, we head out on a boat then to San Pedro for our last weekend trip. When we return late Sunday night we'll only have three more days of teaching and then we're back home! I can't believe things are flying by so quickly! It'll be road trip time before long!
Saturday, November 28, 2009
Monday, November 23, 2009
Small update
Hey everyone! Things are doing well down here. I had it sprung on me to teach a Kindergarten class today, it was quite exciting, interesting, and it went well to boot. I'm pretty surprised since I didn't have anything planned for the class, but managed to make it all work out somehow.
Again, everything is going pretty well. I'm certainly enjoying myself and I've been able to see a whole lot of exciting sites. On Saturday of last week we all traveled to some great Mayan ruins called Lamanai (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamanai). It was great and the sites were beautiful.
On the Thursday before I was fortunate enough to be able to travel to Mexico with the group as well. We did some touristy stuff, saw a movie, visited the local markets, and swam in an amazing lagoon called Bacalar (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacalar). I've never seen fresh water that was so clear!
We teach until Thursday this week and then have Friday-Sunday off. Saturday morning we are heading down south to a town called San Ignacio where we will do the cave tubing, zip lining, and visit another set of Mayan ruins called Xunantunich (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xunantunich). I'm pretty excited, and we will get to spend the night down there as well at some hotel. After that we only have the last weekend trip over the San Pedro!
Again, everything is going pretty well. I'm certainly enjoying myself and I've been able to see a whole lot of exciting sites. On Saturday of last week we all traveled to some great Mayan ruins called Lamanai (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamanai). It was great and the sites were beautiful.
On the Thursday before I was fortunate enough to be able to travel to Mexico with the group as well. We did some touristy stuff, saw a movie, visited the local markets, and swam in an amazing lagoon called Bacalar (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacalar). I've never seen fresh water that was so clear!
We teach until Thursday this week and then have Friday-Sunday off. Saturday morning we are heading down south to a town called San Ignacio where we will do the cave tubing, zip lining, and visit another set of Mayan ruins called Xunantunich (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xunantunich). I'm pretty excited, and we will get to spend the night down there as well at some hotel. After that we only have the last weekend trip over the San Pedro!
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Monday, November 9, 2009
The Last Weekend
Well this past weekend at Jackson was the last... for a while at least. I shamefully spent it thrutching my way up up Cro-Magnon Warrior .12b, which has to be one of the coolest routes that I've been on. My 4th go I found myself through the first crux, and pumped as all get out. I made it to a decent stance and managed to shake for a minute or so, pulled the last crux move but just couldn't get my hand to close all the way around the hold. Bummer.
Anyways, I couldn't have imagined a more amazing final weekend. There were tons of awesome people around The Falls and I was able to spend that last night with some of the closest and greatest friends a dirty climber could ever ask for. Thankfully, I'll only be gone for a month though and will be able to pick right back up where I left off.
On that note, I do leave for Belize this coming Saturday. I am very excited and can't wait to get into the school there and meet all of the great teachers, kids, and experience a new culture! I'll try and keep this blog updated while I'm down there as best as possible, but the internet is less than desirable as I understand it. We'll see what we can work out!
Anyways, I couldn't have imagined a more amazing final weekend. There were tons of awesome people around The Falls and I was able to spend that last night with some of the closest and greatest friends a dirty climber could ever ask for. Thankfully, I'll only be gone for a month though and will be able to pick right back up where I left off.
On that note, I do leave for Belize this coming Saturday. I am very excited and can't wait to get into the school there and meet all of the great teachers, kids, and experience a new culture! I'll try and keep this blog updated while I'm down there as best as possible, but the internet is less than desirable as I understand it. We'll see what we can work out!
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Monday, November 2, 2009
No sends.
This weekend was filled with tons of effort but no sends...
Next Saturday is the last day at Jackson for nearly a month! Better go out with good style!
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