Today we visited St. Matthews and
cave tubed in a nearby cave.
We woke up
bright and early to eat breakfast and hop on the bus to St. Matthews. At St.
Matthews we almost finished up our service-learning project. We put our
finishing touches on the painted walls of the school and the sidewalks. During
lunch we enjoyed getting into small groups and talking to the many leaders of
the St. Matthews village such as the village chair, middle school teacher, and
the local nurse.
After a sweaty bus ride to Caves
Branch Outpost, we went cave tubing. We hiked about 30 minutes and finally got
to the entrance of the cave. There were many stalagmites in the cave, as well
as crazy shaped rocks that looked like a bird, elephant, and a turtle. After
exiting the cave we let go of each other and free floated down the stream.
After a wet bus ride we returned
back to Tropical Education Center where we took showers and ate dinner. After
we ate a delicious dinner, we sat down and wrote poems about gender equality.
Then we shared our Appreciations, News, Concerns, Hopes, and Obscurities. We
ended the night with a poem that Anne Elizabeth and Eliza wrote about Belize.
We then went to sleep excited about our last day of fun with the Belizean kids.
By:
Anne Elizabeth Morgan and Anisa Bhatt