Wednesday, March 17, 2010

We made it!




The plane ride from Belize City to San Pedro, Belize was defiantly worth it. It was a little scary being on such a small plane, but the view was amazing. This is one picture that was taken from the little plane to San Pedro. Not sure what island it is. When we finally arrived in San Pedro, Belize we got to explore the island a little bit up and down the beach.


There are five schools on the island, and either today or tomorrow we should be visiting the three schools we will doing our field experience at. Kids do not get to school by a bus. Instead they all either walk to school or ride a bike. There is actually very few vehicles on the island. Most people get around by walking, riding a bike, or golf carts. There are three main roads, and they are front street, middle street, and back street. These three roads are the only paved roads on the island, and the rest are all dirt.


We are staying at a little inn called Pedro's Inn. The rooms are bit different than what I expected, but they have everything we need. American food and products are so expensive on the island, and they do not even have Pepsi products. So no Mountain Dew for five weeks. This may be a long trip. Belize money is worth double American money (2 Belize dollars equals 1 American dollars), so that transition has been a little confusing as well, especially if you get change back in both Belize and American money.

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