Hello everyone, this is Peaceful Chicken from our nation’s capitol. It has been an action packed 5 days seeing, doing, and walking around to stuff. The city is cool with tall buildings and statues. It really feel s like spring here with cherry blossoms and tulip gardens every where. We... Continue reading

Final Entry on Belize The trip is over and we are on our way home. Tomorrow I will be in school. For my last entry I am listing my highs and lows of the trip to Belize. 7 HIGHS Seeing and swimming with Manatees Snorkeling in the Carribean Sea with... Continue reading

Snorkeling in the Bluest Water Imaginable Imagine swimming along the second largest reef in the world, with colorful fish around every corner and neon colored corals all beneath you and the bluest blue all around you. OUR GUIDE, MARK, AND I That is snorkeling at the Barrier Reef in the... Continue reading

Chocolate Chocolate Chocolate Whether you like the milky or the dark, chocolate is not just sugar and cream. It all begins with a seed in the ground that grows into a tree that produces flowers that become large pods of fruit called cacao. In the tree in the back there... Continue reading

HI Samara seven of us made Science fair - Mary Mary- Cool and good luck to all seven of you. Hey Samara what up? I was wondering if you have seen any jaguars?-Chayse Chayse- The thatch roof ceiling is up. I have not seen any jaguars, but I did see... Continue reading

One of the most unique things we did this trip was take another bumpy bus ride to a small mayan village called San Jose. This village is located deep in the Belizian rain forest just a couple miles from the border of Guatemala. When we first arrived we were greeted... Continue reading

The Answers to the Belize Quiz. 1)What countries and/or waters border Belize? A1) Caribbean Sea to the east, Guatemala to the west and south, and mexico to the north. 2)What is the first language of Belize? A2) English 3)Name at least three cultures that thrive here? A3) Mayan, Creole, Garifuna,... Continue reading

A LOT has happened this past week. I will write about these things in detail soon! The week has included going to the white sand beaches of Hopkins, colorful snorkeling on the Barrier Reef, swimming with Manatee, kayaking the Sittee River, taking the bus south to Punta Gorda, going to... Continue reading

I just wanted to ask how the science fair went. I hope you all did great and that some of you are moving on to the next level of competition. Thank you for responding to my blog. If you want to write me a personal email I can be reached... Continue reading

In San Ignacio they have a local food market everyday downtown. On Saturday everyone in town is there buying and/or selling because, Saturday is the big market day. Here they sell everything from fruit to spices such as vegetables, fruit, fish, eggs, honey, coconut oils, spices, ginger root, coco root,... Continue reading

Butterfly Farm Sorry, this entry disappeared yesterday. Lets try that again. On our way back from the ruin at Caracol, (for anyone who didn’t read about Caracol check out the Big Adventure Day entry) we stopped at the Butterfly Farm. This cute little place, raises 15 species of butterflies from... Continue reading

Hi again, on the eighteenth we went to the Mayan ruins call Carlcol and went to the butterfly farm. Here are some pictures from both places. Mayan Ruins The Ancient Mayan ruins at Caracol are deep in the Belize jungle on the boarder of Guatemala. The ruins at Caracol are... Continue reading

Hi everyone, we got to the airport in Belize City yesterday , the sixtenth, and then we drove eighty-five miles in a taxi to our cabana in San Ignacio ,eleven miles from Guatemala. The taxi cab driver was a local Creole named Brindalee who loves to talk with her hand... Continue reading