Thursday, May 19, 2011

NOW I can BELIZE it!

After 10 fabulous days in Belize I am back safe and sound and full of stories to tell all of you!

Let me break it down day by day so not to overload you all with tips and ideas for your own trip to Belize!

DAY ONE
I am not used to traveling with so many people at once! Actually the most people I have flown with at one time has been one other! So when all 18 gathered at the Halifax airport at 4 am it was somewhat overwhelming. Don't get me wrong i was flattered that all of these classmates turned to me to ask questions about customs, security, boarding passes, and passports, I had just never been that person before!
Sadly, before we even left the province we had to suddenly say good-bye to a traveler. Yacob, a student from another campus who I had taken a collaborate class with earlier in the year, did not have the proper documentation to enter the US for transit. It truly put a damper on the trip at the start line, and each of us were quite disappointed, especially his classmates.
After a long day of travel, (Halifax - Newark - Houston - Belize City) we finally arrived safe and sound... and stinky... you know that airplane smell... yucky!
My first impressions of Belize? It reminded me a lot of Indonesia, the same smell, climate and tiny airport! For a moment I was disappointed that they were so similar. But seconds later I took a step back and remembered that I was in a new country with some of my closest friends.
My pretty girls, Catherine, Katrina, & Bethany aka Beffy

Catherine taking it all in



That night we stayed in the city of Belize City at Hotel Mopan... more on this somewhat of a dive hotel later.
Some quick shots of Hotel Mopan
Just in case we needed to work out, there was a "gym"on the roof of the building beside us... score

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