This past weekend was awesome. Fa chroo. Alot has happened since I wrote on friday...leeets start with friday night. Usually after I leave Belmopan i catch either the 4 or the 430 bus home. The 4 is a regular ol schoolbus, but if you are willing to wait, you can spend your next 3 hours on the express!!! We are talking 1970s greyhound here. AC, tailfins, round taillights, the works. But all this bus talk is neither here nor there. I didnt get on. Instead I spent the afternoon chillin with some peace corps buddies and enjoying theBelmopan nightlife. (riiight...:) I finally made it home at about midnite.
A pretty mundane start to such a good weekend you say?? WELL sir, saturday I spent on a private island...we know the caretakers of this gorgeous lil caye off the coast, and it being a few of our birthdays, we were invited to spend the day and night hanging out, fishing off the pier,swimming in crystal clear water, playing cards on the porch overlooking the water and generally lazing about in magnificence. We ate like kings, with mountains of lobster and shrimp salad, grilled chicken, honey baked ham and of course, rice n beans :) As you can imagine, i was happier than a pig in... Yeah. After a bonfire and teaching Belizians the heavenly tradition we call smores, I went to sleep on the porch of the cabin, the sea breeze on mi face and the sound of waves lapping the beach. yessssss.
We arrived home about 10 and had to quickly get in gear...our end of training project was sunday. We took the 7th day adventist church of independence to placencia to do a beach cleanup and then followed that with a few hours of swimming. I love it when service projects combine with amazing scenery!!!! It was great how interested everyone was, we had over 80 participants and picked up well over 300 lbs of trash! Water and trashbags were donated by the village council, and we heard countless times from tourists, villagers and shopowners how thankful they were that we were doing a cleanup. Good vibes!
Now, yesterday was pan american day. No class. What to do??? MIGHT AS WELL GO BACK TO THE BEACH!! spent yesterday lazing about placencia again! I kinda sorta love it there and will really miss it. Oh well. So yeah, that was the dream weekend. And in two days i move up to carmelita. Things are starting to pick up! Ill post again once im in site and things become clearer!
jake
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
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You move to Carmelita in 2 days? Whoa, that happened fast. Did you swear in already? I think I would have heard..I'm confused. Ok, your wkend sounds amazing. Can't get much better than that. Love the beach cleanup!
love you, thinking of you all the time. I have to show Max your blog pics soon. He doesn't really get the whole belize thing. He is so cute right now, just talking up a storm. Today he saw a pic of a male model w his shirt off, and here's his conversation "man, shirt off! Put on, man! Man: ok, Max." So freakin cute.
Ok enough about us. We miss you! So excited you're doing so well! Good luck at your post! Love you!!!!!! Bridget
So nice to hear about your weekend, love!!! You seemed just blissed out when I talked to you Saturday night. Seems like Placencia is your 'happy place'. :)
Awesome job with the beach cleanup! 80 people is a TON! I'm glad you guys got such positive feedback from the community!
Good luck with the move today, and keep yo'sef safe. I'm keeping an eye on the tropical depression off the coast of nicaragua and hoping/praying it doesn't slam right into Belize! Yikes.
Miss you tons and love you bundles.
xo
Suzer
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