The school has a beautiful view of the valley and the mountains in the distance. Our living area is good size and then we have a large kitchen area that we share with Rhonda, a wonderful lady that was here when we got here. She has been here for a year and was able to help us settle in. We've seen some beautiful places like the blue hole, we also went for a couple days to Caye Caulker which is an island off the coast of Belize City. There we were able to do some snorkling which we all very much enjoyed. The girls took to snorkling great! We saw a baby octopus, lots of wonderful colored fish, we also swam with nurse sharks and rays. When we got back to the school it was full steam ahead getting ready for school to start. The days were just a whirlwind of activity as there was so much building, cleaning, sorting books, setting up classrooms, setting up the library, and setting up our living area. Then we had to start planning the schools inaguration ceremony. Learning to get to Belmopan on the bus was interesting, it leaves here in the valley at 6:30 or 7:00 am and it gets to Belmopan at about 8:00. Then you have to navigate the markets, stores and find a bathroom along the way, all before 10:00 when you have to carry all your bags onto the bus and hope you don't have to stand all the way home. The buses here get very full!!! The one morning we got onto the bus and just got on our way when we got stuck in the biggest pothole I've ever seen. The bus was in the hole so deep that the step into it was right level with the ground. It took another bus to pull it out backwards. Then Dale noticed that one of the duel tires on one side was shredding. He said to the driver " do you think that tire is going to make it?" The driver laughed and assured him that it would but just before we got to town it disintigrated. Nothing happened as the other tires were somewhat ok but it was a good thing that we were close to town.