Kyle, holding the key to the Parakeet room - look how cute it is (below). It's in the shape of a Parakeet! :)

So, these flowers are amazing - you look everywhere and see a wide variety of tropical flowers. These were outside the airport!

We went to the same Lebonese restaurant as last night. Belize is such a melting pot of people. We liked it so much! And Megan has joined us - so much fun!!

Chocolate cake - yum!

Apparently ice cream is a novelty here. This Blue Bunny, one gallon tub is 49.95 - that means $24.50 US dollars! How badly do you want chocolate ice cream?

And check this out - Ben and Jerry's, 1 pint cartons for 22.95 - that's $11.50 US!

Ok, city buses are just very, very old American school buses that are painted bright colors. The green bus in the back is the bus that has been "citified" - ready for public transit!

So, now the test...can you tell which is a school bus and which is a city bus?

I know it's hard...the one on the right looks so different, right?!

This cemetary was amazing - look how they are utilizing all the space - even here in the median of the road!

This is a great shot. The median cemetary with one of those notorious city buses in the background. Pretty awesome!

View from our veranda!

Front room at D'nest

Wow - beautiful!

Good morning, Belize! We had a great night's sleep at D'nest Inn and just finished a
delicious breakfast. Can I say amazing fruit just once more?! Ok, let's be real, I'm sure I'll
mention it a hundred more times before our stay is over. We also ate some great squash
thing and boiled eggs - not your typical American breakfast (thank goodness!) It was scrumptious.

So, Megan, the other country director arrives today and the work begins. Until 4 pm though
it's just Kyle and I. :) We'll head to the beach today - can't wait!

Well, we made it safe and sound to Belize City, Belize! It's beautiful here - quintessentially tropical, with palm trees, tropical flowers, fruit stands with amazing fresh tropical fruit (our fav so far is the pineapple -yum) and humidity you can see!

We're staying at "D'Nest Inn" (www.dnestinn.com) - check out the adorable rooms and beautiful terrace overlooking a river. We're staying in the Paraket room. We are happy that it is safe, clean and especially that it has AC! (my question is how do people survive without AC?!)

We're excited that we have a car for the summer - it's a 1994 minivan (also has working AC :) and we feel like we fit into the Belize scene driving around in it. We'll post pics soon. We're contemplating the names "Charlie" and "Chrys" for the car. We'll have to see what his personality is in the next few days.

We ate dinner at a Lebonese restaurant. This place is an amazing melting pot of ethnicities and foods. There are many languages spoken here and it's fun to hear them.

We are excited to be here! We look forward to stopping by a beach tomorrow and getting going on the preparation for the volunteers arriving next week.