Introduction: From Airport to Lodging

Monday June 23

Sitting upstairs drinking cold lime water at the Belize Airport waiting for planes to land and the start of our 8-night adventure together.

Loading the bus in the warm tropical air, quickly exchanging names, smiles and then we're off down the road. First stop, mango, avocado, banana and ginnetts (a new, small, green fruit with a single seed for sucking off the citrus, sweet juice and pulp, yum!)

Settle into Monkey Bay Sanctuary education center, night falling, bugs coming out, light rain. We have 20 minutes till dinner.

Off to the z00 for a night tour! Up close and personal! -- Bob Densmore

The people:

- Ross (World Leadership School)

- Harrison (World Leadership School)

- David (World Leadership School/Fountain Valley School of Colorado Springs, Colorado)

- Matt (World Leadership School/Monkey Bay Sanctuary)

- Anny (Bolinas-Stinson Public School District in Marin County, California)

- Bob (Marin Country Day School, Corte Madera, California)

- Jean (St. John's Episcopal of Olney, Maryland)

- Alecia (St. John's Episcopal of Olney, Maryland)

- Elizabeth (The Bullis School, Potomac, Maryland)

- Aaron (Graland Country Day School, Denver, Colorado)

- Jeanette (St. John's Episcopal of Olney, Maryland)