Belize – Intensive Learning @ MFS

Belize: Heading Home!

March 28, 2024March 31, 2024Belize

This morning, we woke up bright and early at 4:30 a.m. to prepare for our 5:15 departure by water taxi to Belize City. It took a while for us to get going, as there were many residents starting their day, but we truly headed out at around 6:30. The boat ride was a nice...

Belize: Snorkeling the Second Largest Barrier Reef in the World

March 28, 2024March 28, 2024Belize

This morning, we started our day with breakfast at 7:30 a.m. After some eggs, bacon, and potatoes we set off on a boat to Hol Chan Marine Reserve for a snorkeling tour. We saw so much interesting sea life, including barracuda, puffer fish, lobster, and the royal blue tang (also known as Dory from...

Belize Zoo and Water Taxi to San Pedro

March 27, 2024March 27, 2024Belize

We started the day off by packing everything up in our hotel and getting some pancakes and eggs for breakfast. After breakfast we made our way to a farmers market and explored what they had to offer. After a quick visit to the farmers market we took an hour-long bus ride to the Belize...

Belize: Xunantunich Ruins & Waterfall

March 26, 2024March 26, 2024Belize

Today we visited the Xunantunich Maya ruins and learned about the history of the location and the Maya people. Xunantunich is one of the largest Maya sites in the Belize River Valley. The center, which is about a square mile, is composed of several major plazas surrounded by numerous temples and palaces. One of...

Cave Dwellers Who Love Zip Lining!

March 25, 2024March 26, 2024Belize

Today we woke up and started our day off by having breakfast at 7:30. For breakfast we had a buffet that had an assortment of great pancakes, scrambled eggs, sausage, and yogurt. At 8:30 we left the hotel and headed out to our first destination of the day: zip lining. It was an hour...

Belize: A Day at the Lamanai Ruins

March 24, 2024March 26, 2024Belize

Today we visited the Maya ruins of Lamanai and learned about the history of the location and the Maya people. We started off the day with breakfast at the hotel, and we took a bus ride to a speed boat. The speed boat was an hour long and took us to the ruins. When...

Belize: An Early Start for a Long Day of Travel

March 23, 2024March 24, 2024Belize

We started off our day bright and early at 2 a.m. when we had to meet at MFS. Our bus took us to the Philly airport where we had our first flight to Miami at 6:10 a.m. When we arrived in Miami we had around three hours till our flight to Belize, so we...