So I have arrived safe and sound after 15 hours of traveling plus a time difference....needless to say I slept pretty good last night. Anyways...yesterday started out by us getting lost on the way to DTW and me panicking a bit that I would miss my flight, but it worked out perfectly because I only had to wait for about 45 mins to board my plane. Then....my flight got delayed in Miami and it was so cold in the airport that I now own a cheap piece of hot pink fleece fabric that airports like to call blankets...and it costs $20. The flight to belize was really quick and in that short time I managed to think " what the hell did I get myself into?" over and over. Then I met a man from belize that calmed my nerves a little bit, he told me san ignacio was the best part of belize and that I will absolutely love it there. The plane landed and I was a little shocked; the airport was smaller than my high school.... The nice Belizian helped me get through customs and find my luggage. Customs in belize city is much much simpler than anywhere else I have been. It only took about 5 mins to get through the entire thing. Now it was time to find someone holding a Proworld Belize sign. Panic set in when I looked at every person holding a sign and didnt see proworld. After looking and panicking some more I spot a tall white, american looking man holding a sign down by his side so I awkwardly looked around him and stuttered,..ummmm I think I'm with you. Thankfully I was right. We waited for the other volunteers and then we were on our way. It was about a 2 hour car ride and the driver was awesome. He told us all about the country and was very funny and entertaining. I learned so much on the way to the town. On a side note, there are 5 volunteers that came in yesterday and 1 more coming tomorrow. The others are from canada, california, texas and washington. We all got along well and had fun talking. On the way to san ignacio we stopped by a little shack that served belize food and all shared some beans and rice and chicken. It was excellent; we also tried a lot of different hot sauces which was slightly entertaining. As we were all getting really tired we had finally reached our destination: San Ignacio. I instantly thought wow this is like the New York city of Belize compared to where we had been driving through. Its very populated compared to any other city we drove through and seems very cool. We then went to the proworld office and waited for our host families.Adma came to pick me up, we stopped by the grocery store and her moms house on the way and then I got to see where I was staying. I have my own bed room and bathroom but marlin has to fix the shower. The robinsons have another volunteer staying with them from a different organization. She is from washington DC and kind of gave me the lowdown on the family and the city so that was nice and comforting; she will be here the whole time I am so I'll always have someone to explore with. Marlin and Adma welcomed me and told me the rules the expect me to abide by while living here. They are all very realistic and just kind of common courtesy. We ate dinner; this is going to shock all of you. I ate a mexican dish, served on hard tortillas that consisted of primarily onions, cabbage, peppers and tomatoes....and I really liked it. After dinner I talked to Marlin a little bit and we talked about the US ( his dad lives in chicago) and about san ignacio. It was nice to learn about eachother. After that I retired to my room and was out for the night.
Peace and love!
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