My little angels at the orphanage

I had all of them under my supervision today on my own which was a handful!A new born, 2toddlers,3 girls and two lunatic boys!Such fun but im so exhausted..We did so much,english,painting,games,dancing,football and reading....They are the sweetest kids ive never gotten so many hugs and kisses in my life.They hang off every part of me all day...

the best roommates yet- numero uno

Rule no.1: no snoring

Rule no 2: no peeing during the middle of the night, just piss yourself

Rule no 3: No humming to music, take note Raam.

Rule no4: do not tell mairead not to talk to strangers.

Rule no5:Approach room no.1 with caution.

Doritos,gummy bears,copious amounts of deet, bedtime stories and giggling.

"you wanna know something?i know who you are...whats your name again?you will never be welcome as long as im here".... (Mariam)

Chimaltenango

First day of work at the orphanage done,had a great day although im pretty tired now..the kids are absolutely adorable and it's gonna be very hard to leave....youngest boy is only 18days old and the oldest 12....had a very busy day and had them hanging off every leg...Paula (pronounced pow ooolah) and i became great buddies....and i cant wait to see them again tomoro...
Look how adorable paula is...that's her new bag which she doesnt let out of her sight...

Antigua,Guatemala

I've fallen in love with Guatemala..everything about it,the people,the culture and it's going to be extremely hard to leave...Was very anxious leaving ruth behind me, but ive enjoyed every second here.Ive even made guatemalan friends,crazy ones!It's such a relaxing city and where were stayingis fabulous too,fresh fruit for breakfast every morning and I wake up to sunshine.Went partying on Saturday night,lots of fun and had a great day yesterday too.Tomoro im starting work in an orphanage of ten children between the ages of 1 and 12 in a little village about a half an hour bus ride away from where i am...im really excited about it even though i know it will be tough going.The children were either abandoned or abused so im imagining it will be emotionally demanding.Will be working from 8to5 everyday...im lucky that i can speak spanish because they wouldnt have allowed me to work there otherwise.So an early start tomoro.There's only one other volunteer there apparently.Depending on how this week at the orphanage goes ill be leaving here in a week or so and heading for Nicaragua...then Panama.The days are flying by unfortunately only 1 month left now.Making the most out of everyday though!

Horseriding and the mayan community

yesterday was truly unbelievable...im in a rush writing this so itll be short and sweet...we were brought by horse up the mountains through the forest and unbelievable scenery to a secluded community of indigenous mayans......as we entered into the community of about 15houses, kids came out from every little crevice....we stayed there for an hour or so and the kids were so gorgeous...theyre so secluded from everything up there, none of them work but theres a school there.....Fascinating to be exposed to such a different way of life,reminded me alot of the volunteer work in Romania....on the way back roberto,our horse guide,spiced things up a bit and we went gallopping the whole way down through muck and water...we were a mess at the end but laughed the whole way down...my horse mariposa was very competetive with ruth's,who didnt stand a chance,so we were neck in neck at the very end :) after that we were exhausted and went about an hour outside Copan to the hot thermal springs, where we soaked surrounded by nature...so relaxing...I fell asleep by 8pm last night...leaving for Guatemala shortly, heading for Tikal and hoping to do a week of volunteer work if possible in some town...

White water rafting and ziplining

Think i have finally overcome my fear of heights...such a fun and scary day yesterday-ziplining was amazing...went from one side of the jungle to the other over a river about 50metres high...all was going well until ruth miscalculated her route and crashed into a tree..quite amusing all the same...white water rafting was absolutely brilliant...three of us fell out..leaving la Ceiba today and heading for Guatemala with Ruth have to say bye to Irish girls and were going tubing and horseriding later...an action packed couple of days!still have a touch of food poisoning but its bearable!more photos will be up soon....

3days of sailing

Im not gonna say much about the last 3days because its very hard to put into words how amazingly beautiful the belizean coast is....the photos will tell the story.We had the most amazing time,we slept on the deserted island (1st picture) on tuesday night it was in the middle of nowhere and no bigger than my back garden and front garden put together.We swam onto shore,pitched our tents and cooked the fish we had caught that day on the boat...there was 15 of us...toasted marshmallows and drank lots of rum punch...never seen so many stars and ill never forget that day.This was Rendezvous caye and then we went onto Tobacco caye which was equally beautiful...and from there weve come down as far as Placencia...one night last night there and we were up at 5.30 this morning to catch the bus to Hopkins....the bridge on the way had fallen to pieces so we had to struggle across the river backpacks and all in tears laughing....we then had to hitchhike to the nearest town so we were loaded onto the back of a pickup truck to our destination.Weve landed on our feet once again and are staying right on the beach in a gorgeous beach house....the best week of my life so far..no exaggeration.Photos will be up very soon!Utila is next on Sunday where we'll be doing lots of diving...