Casa Guatemala 2007

Sorry all for not writing for so long. It has been an action packed week.

Wednesday was our last day at Casa Guatemala. It was kind of sad to leave, but I also felt that since our project was done it was time to go. I have decided that I am for sure coming back to Casa at some point in the near future though. It was hard to leave the kids. Kaya had a really hard time leaving lisa, one of the girls she had a great bond with. Lisa is an older girl, who has a mild disability. She is contantly tormented by the other kids and called loca (crazy) Lisa retalliation to this is an attention seeking one where she calls everyone names. On our last day lisa just was huggin kaya and gave her kisses. After some of the volunteers came ver and said they have never seen Lisa that way. After our goodbye with the kids it was volunteer night at the hotel, so we had our goodbye party. It was also really hard to leave the volunteers. We bacame very close to them as well. I do not think one month is enough time to spend at casa, because you are just getting to know everyone when you leave.

This morning we woke up bright and early to say goodbye to Emily Lindsay and Danielle. It was a mildly tearful goodbye, but happy too. Kaya and I took a 2 hour minibus (the size of christy adams van) filled with 16 people to Puerto Barrios, and from Puerto Barrios we crossed the belize border into punta gorda by boat. It was one of the most uncomfortable boat ride ever!!! From Punta Gorda we took a 2 hour bus to Independance and from Independance a 15 minute boat ride to Placencia. After a long day of travelling we finally made it to this small creolle penninsula of Belize. It is amazing. The way people speak is crazy. It is like english but not. One of the signs on the beach reads

sho yur luv fo' di bare foot dem no throw trash in a fo' we sand

The people of belize seem much friendlier and it is more of a relaxed attitude. I love it. Anywhoo my time is up again. You will hear from me next in Tikal, Guatemala

Peace out
Char