Believe in Belize

I realize that my last blog was a bit more interesting to read than most. Here is why… I pre-wrote it.  Most times I´m writing my blog at an internet café and I´m rushed to finish so it isn´t an expensive sit down. At the farm I had a bit more time to write before posting since I wasn´t being charged. However, we have moved on from the farm but I plan on handwriting my post before publishing them so it will continue to be written better and more interesting for you, the readers.

So now for my post…. 

Belize

When we signed up for a farm I thought, “Okay we will wake up at the ass crack of dawn, get dirty with some vegetables while also getting into shape. This is half of what is happening.  We first arrived the 28th of March. After spending a sketchy night in Belize City we started to worry the farm may not be legitimate and we were possibly walking into a tourist trap of some sort. I think a  part of us wanted to go back to Guatemala and get the Hell out of this anomaly of a country. Since there is only one bus per day that goes out to the small town of  Rancho Dolores and it is at 5pm, Matt and I decided to hangout in the only cafe of the dirt road city.  Finally it came time to catch our bus and it was EXTREMELY crowded. After an hour and a half on the bus we arrived to a fork in the road. This was our bus stop. We got out of the bus along with one other single white male. He turned out to also be a  WWOOFer(Willing Workers On Organic Farm stay) going to the same farm as us and just as confused as to what we were supposed to do. As the sun started going down a local man, Alvin, decided he couldn’t leave us at the side of the road and walked us a few kilometers through a tunnel of dense dark jungle foliage, where there sat a lone house with a lantern burning in the window. By the end of the walk we were sure he wanted us to pay him but the farm manager’s boyfriend Justin suddenly arrived in a big American sized Toyota truck and gave him a ride home instead.

Guatemala

There are so many words to describe this country and none of them would do it justice. Guatemala is hands down one of the most amazing places I have ever been.

After getting extremely sick with food poisoning our last evening in Costa Rica, we had a rough start with the morning spent in the hospital and the evening spent on a plane. We were barely able to stand long enough to get through security but our ambition to get out of an over priced touristy country gave us just enough motivation to push through the pain.

Pura Vida Livin

 After some well needed relaxation by the beach the three of us decided to move inland. Two weeks ago we went to Monteverde which was much cooler and a completely different vibe. The second day we were there we went on a zipline tour that ended up being a highlight in our trip. We got to experience a heart thumping Tarzan swing and a 1km long superman zipline from one mountain top to another. It was exhilarating! Monteverde is one of the most beautiful places I have seen in Costa Rica with many different species of animals and vast rainforest. The call it the cloud forest which gives the whole place a relaxing yet eerie feeling.

Korea to Costa Rica

My last few weeks in Korea were extremely difficult. Not because it was sad to leave Korea but it was difficult to leave the people I met in Korea. I definitely made Korean friends along the way but I wasn´t extremely attached to any of them.  It was leaving my South African friends and other English teachers that decided to stay another year that made the goodbye difficult. After many farewell dinners at school and with friends Matt, Kevin and I were on our way.