Can you Belize it?

SO as you may know i will be coming home soon so this will probably be my last entery. I know its been awhile since the last and you have given up hope on me ever making a new entery, but the internet down at Fe Viva is down and the internet in town is the only one that works. And even then it comes and goes. It is a new era here since the election is coming up. The old predsident is trying to fix up the city nad pretend that he didnt waste the peoples money. So far he is failing at it miserably. He started to build this new road over by the main town we frequent, Chiquimulilla, but he started it in the middle of rainy season. Now the new road that was just built has been washed away. Less than a week, and its gone.
But other than that lets talk about Belize. Its a beautiful country that is full of a dense jungle forest and beautiful rivers that are the strangest greeny blue i have ever seen. A man there told me that if i drank the river water, i would sherly come back 3 yrs later. He said it was a magic river. Dont worry i didnt drink the water but whether it is or not i would love to go back.
The trip to Belize was an adventure in itself. After driving about 12 hrs we hit the first road block. It was the longest and most confusing traffic jam i had ever seen. We managed to bypass more than half of it by drivig on the wrong side of the road and down the ditch. Anthony was driving and let me tell you he is not the most patient driver in the world. In fact hes probably the worst, but heck it shaved atleast 5 hrs off of our trip. After waiting for 2 hrs in the blazing sun we decided to make things fun. We hooked up our portable sound system and blasted christain music. We were just about to do our drama for all the people that had gathered when the traffic started moving again. To bad but we had many more adventures to come against. The next came late at night when we were half hour from the border. We started hearing a funny whistling sound and then our bus van started to swerve. It was definatly a flat tire. We changed it as quick as possible but we still missed the border crossing time. Now we needed a place to stay for the night as staying in the van was imposible. There was barly enough room to sit in the van let alone lay, plus it was very unsafe. The place we ended up staying was the place where the people from survivor stayed when they were kicked off the island in Guatemala. We didnt stay in the same rooms though becuase those were very expensive. The funny thing was it was rediculously close to where the actual event took place. Probably a 20 min walk. So we woke up bright and early the next morrning, my birthday, and made our way into Belize. Belize was great but so much happened i think i will just tell you when i get back. It was a life changing trip with many ups and downs, but most of all chalenging. Oh and all the women in Belize were all pregnant! I had never seen so many pregnent people before. Hope said there must be something in the water. Oh remind me to tell you a realy funny story about that when i get home.
On the way home we went through Tikal and saw some amazing sights, but most of them i dont remember. At this time i was starting to get realy sick. And i mean realy sick. Somehow i had managed to tavel to a foreign country and contract a severe case of a rare strain of E. Coli. Plus 3 other paracites. But with the help of the Great Physician i am well. Plus a realy good hospital story i will tell you when i get home aswell.
Things are wraping up here in Guat and I will be home in 13 days. I cant believe how fast time flys and i will be sad to leave but there are plenty more adventurs to be had. Oh that is if i make it home. Kerry has decided to stay in Guat for an extra 2 weeks to attend a spiffy little language school. Its going to be great for her. Its a realy beautiful place. But air ports are not my forte and i have to make two conecting flights in Las vagas and Miami pero con Dios, todos es posible.
Well i hope you feel more caught up than before. I didnt have much time to write and wanted to get as much in as possible. Tons more stories when i get home. Many of them are simply 'oh dear, only jasmine' moments.
See you all soon!
love
-jaz
p.s. sorry for the spelling, i didnt have time to go back and check.