A. Sharpe Life: not so unBELIZABLE

Since we are just "volunteers" here in Honduras, all of the teachers have to leave the country every 90 days to renew our visas. Mayatan organized a trip for all of the teachers to go to Belize to renew our visas (because you have to be outside of any of the C-4 countries which includes Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua to renew your visa).

This was our first trip to the Guatemalan border...even though it is only 12 miles away. It was pretty exciting. After we went through the border check there, we drove through Guatemala to catch a ferry to take over to Punta Gorda (fat point), Belize. The ferry is pictured below. It was just a smalllll boat that sped through the water and made you feel like your face was going to get blown off. We made it to Punta Gorda to discover that probably about 50 years ago, it was a booming port town with lots going on, but now it is a ghost town. Lots of the buildings are boarded up, there are not many people, and its just empty. It was nice to have a weekend to do ABSOLUTELY nothing, because there was nothing to do. We rented a boat with the other teachers one day and went to some desserted keys off of Belize. It was fun to do that (and I held a starfish!) The rest of the time was just straight chillin. :) The hotel had T.V.'s so we did get to watch some sports and movies :) and Punta Gorda has an icecream shop and it tastes like real icecream :) That was fun too :)