At it Again: Belize

I’ve been toying with the idea of resurrecting this blog for a while. To this day I regret that I never finished all my Ecuador stories, thanks to a hasty departure initiated by the Ecuadorean government. I didn’t know it at the time, but that last blog entry I wrote was actually a good way to end things, in a way. Ecuador was an amazing experience, and I have great memories from my time there. Perhaps it is because I am in another developing country that I keep thinking back to Ecuador, the passionate organization I was a part of, and the wonderful people that I was surrounded by. People that joined me on hospital visits, brought their kids to my house so I could feel like I was part of the family, and stopped by when the power was out to make sure I was okay. People that brought bananas over to ensure I had plenty of fruit and invited me to their family gatherings. No, it was not the exotic rainforest trips and the swims in the rivers that made Ecuador so memorable. It was the people that made my time in Ecuador.

And after that difficult yet amazing stint in Ecuador, I am back at it again, but in a new country: Belize. Sometimes, Belize seems so similar to Ecuador it is remarkable, and other times I feel as if they couldn’t be more different.

And so, with that introduction, my newly revived blog will cover the more personal stuff about my time in Belize than my work blog does, answering questions such as, but not limited to: How many gallons of sweat have you lost today? What are you doing to occupy yourself in such a tiny town? What makes you smile every day? What is it like to be a part of a bike gang? If you could care less about these trivial things, I suggest you meander over to my other blog that I am keeping for the Advocacy Project that actually documents the work I am doing, and not just my musings.

If however, stories of Rasta man waiting outside your hostel for you in the morning with the latest bit of news, the documentation of the War on Cockroaches, and that time I almost burned my apartment down while making popcorn for dinner sound interesting to you, I suggest you check back often.