(I wrote this in my journal a few nights ago and thought i would share...)

Power outages. well, I am becoming quite familiar with these tropical/developing country occurences. Last Wednesday we had 7 black outs in 1 day! It slows down the already laid back pace of this country. Tonight i am enjoying the quiet and the dark. loving it actually. the laptop continues to play some lovely folk music - a new artist a friend down here has recommended - Brenda Belcher. I love how a power outage forces us to turn off the tv and computer (well almost...the laptop battery can't last forever). To listen to the bugs and not the hum of electricity, and to take out my journal! set some candles and really go slow. But without the fans i am starting to sweat. ahh. i never thought i could sweat as much as i have in the past 6 months. constantly really. i do wish i had a guitar so i could make my own music. the other exciting thing about black outs is the nocturnal critters who decide to come out - thinking it is dark and safe. scorpions for example. luckily i haven't seen any tonight. Jim has headed to Guatemala for some mayan spiritual ceremonies at Tikal. very cool. I am solo for the rest of the week- i'll have to deal with scorpions and storms myself if they come. i'm sure i'll be fine. ...

And i'm fine. Heading to a public forum later this afternoon on women and natural resource management, which should be interesting. Then over to my friend Alyssa's for some dinner and a movie i think.

So last weekend we didn't get any turkey but we did have a sweet trip to Moho Caye- only about a 15 min boat ride from PG. Gorgeous i tell you! (see photos on this post) snorkeling and swimming and chilling out on a tiny little island. pretty sweet way to spend a thanksgiving monday (holiday in belize too - only it's called Pan American day). Makes it pretty hard to get too homesick ; )And it looks like we will be heading back to the Caye this Sunday after a boat trip down to the Park and Sarstun, Guatemala with Josh's EcoLogic crew. Not too rough a life i say : ) Lots of love y'all. xoxo