almost paradise

So after a flight cancellation and a massive email effort to get in touch with my group to let them know, I FINALLY made it to Belize.  Luckily they had figured out that my flight had been moved and they patiently waited for me at the airport!  This led to a 2 hour car ride to our hotel in Cahel Pech.  I rode in the car with 6 other people who were all really cool.  On the ride over I made friends with Chancy and Tammy who are hilarious and we had a lot of laughs about our impending doom in the car ride. Our driver was Alwin, a native of Belize and probably 80 years old.   We almost died about 30 times, I didn't think we'd make it to the hotel in one piece.  We almost side swiped a bunch of cars and then we had to go up a very steep hill to get to our hotel...we almost didn't make it, the car puttered a few times and almost rolled backwards.  Luckily we made it to the hotel, and thank goodness for that, because it is gorgeous.  We are definitely getting spoiled on this field school.  There is an amazing view and a POOL with a waterfall.  We are roughing it...  Everyone has been amazing and definitely welcomed me into the group.  I am rooming with Laura, a fellow non-KSU student from Minnesota.  We both think it's crazy that we'll be in this paradise for a month and that we actually got to unpack our bags.  We have our orientation in about 15 minutes and then tomorrow we've got a day trip to El Pilar.  I'll try and blog again tomorrow night about the days adventures.  Love and miss you guys!  So thankful that I got put with such a great group of people on this field school and it is going to be a great adventure!!  See you tomorrow!!