Pixie in Paradise

First of all, I did a lot of things right before stepping on that airplane from Dallas, Texas to Belize City, 18 days ago. I really did and am proud of that because how would I even know how to prepare and what to pack for a life adventure like this? After all, I did…

Do you know what’s harder than dealing with culture shock in a country you’ve just moved to? Dealing with it when you’ve suddenly found yourself ill in that foreign place. On Monday morning it was very clear that I was a couple days in to some sort of tropical cold virus and Rasta got home…

Since I’m writing this from a horizontal position in bed, it’s safe to assume we’ve decided not to go slow as of yet. In truth I haven’t been feeling great for the last few days and today I stayed in bed most of the time, napping off and on. It’s just some mild adjustment to…

From almost everyone I’ve met here in Caye Caulker they say, “You need to go slow.” And in fact the Caye Caulker official motto is, “Go Slow,” so it seems perfect that we just dropped an American Type A Capricorn in a place where everyone is on “island time.” It’s still very apparent to locals…

This week is going by way too fast. I’ve officially lived on an island in Belize for ten days! The learning curve is steep folks – if you only knew, so I’m going to try to tell you. First off, it’s the rainy season (hurricane season), and bugs are real when humidity is this high.…