Whoa

What up,

Alright a lot to cover here: Staging in Miami was awesome. Being in a room full of people that really want to make a contribution to Belize made me feel pretty good. Hurricane Faye hit Miami while we were there. NO BIG DEAL. There was a big greeting for us at the Belize Airport, it was pretty cool. Training while at the Peace Corps Headquarters was basically a 8 hour session of Belize stuff. They kept telling us about procedures for quitting and going home, which was kinda weird, but 2 people have already quit. In the past two weeks I've seen or done the following:
-Garifuna Drumming and Dancing
-Cliff Jumping
-Watched Sunrises
-Watched Sunsets
-Caught a Sting ray
-Consumed more food than i ever have before (Ive only had rice and beans for one meal)
-Learned/Learning Kriol: Da weh yo nehym Bwai? Its basically bad English
-Biting Bugs (enough said)
-My host family is the shit: they call me Mista Chris
-Private Island: i am going to buy in 5 years: $40 K Belize
-2 International Soccer games
-Dead snakes dragged through the streets of San Juan: He shot it with a gun.
-Mango Time: Shook mangoes out of a tree: Them be some big trees.
-"Hey Bwai you be dat German!!!" apparently i look German
-I don't miss the U.S. at this point and i can see myself living here for the next few years.
-Had a two hour conversation with the town drunk about life and Belize. He said if he had my education he would "dominate people" Whatever that means. He really wants to fall in love with a french woman. This guy gets paid on fridays, proceeds to put his payday money in his pocket, gets drunk, passes out in a random place and people steal the money out of his pockets.
I'll add some pics and videos later. I'm out.

Far From Home,

Christopher Wilkins Weiss