In Belize

Yo Yo,

I am in Belize and I just had the best week of my life. I've seen more stuff in 7 days than my previous 24 years of living: Garifuna Dancing, Beliziean Sunrise etc.

I wont have the Internet so i'll catch up in a couple weeks. We leave for our towns today.

Far From Home,

Christopher Wilkins Weiss

Almost Time To Leave

So I've got about 6 days until I head to Miami, FL for the staging event. I am going through lists of what I need to pack and making necessary purchases. There is a facebook group for all of the volunteers and some of the people who are already down there have made suggestions on what to bring and what not to bring. One volunteer's list included numerous items including: pots and pans, vegetable peeler, pillows, spatulas, nice pair of sunglasses, hanging shoe organizer, etc. Lets be serious here, I don't have most of these items and I am pretty sure I wont need them in lesser off conditions. She's telling me to bring a blow up sleeping pad. A blow up sleeping pad? Come on now....I slept on a pile of clothes for a little over 6 months in San Diego. I repeat a pile of clothes. I think I can make it without buying a blow up sleeping mat thank you very much.

About a week ago we were asked to fill out questionnaire's so the Peace Corps volunteers can get to know us better and one of the questions was: What is the craziest item you are bringing to Belize? I replied with: "I'm actually bringing a full grown adult chimpanzee. I'm thinking I am just gonna duct tape his mouth and bury him under clothes during the flights. He should make it through security right?"

Far From Home,

Christopher Wilkins Weiss